More hen harriers were killed in 2023 than in any other year on record, a report has found. The RSPB’s Birdcrime report also found that at least 1,344 individual birds of prey were persecuted in the UK between 2009 and 2023, and that 75% of people convicted of offences related to the persecution of birds […]
Tag: Peregrine Falcon
Rock climbers help Yosemite peregrine falcons back to the skies as conservation scheme scales new heights
Once on the brink of extinction, Yosemite’s iconic peregrine falcons are now thriving thanks to the cooperation of climbers. No longer endangered, the number of peregrine breeding pairs has skyrocketed from just eight in 2009 to 17 today, all thanks to a 15 year collaborative recovery scheme involving climbers, the National Park Service and the […]
Peregrine Falcons Flourish in Yosemite with Aid from Climbers
Initially discovered in 1978 by climbers on El Capitan, a 3,000-foot granite monolith, peregrine falcons had vanished from Yosemite since the last sighting in 1941. The discovery kick-started a series of Conservation measures that would pave the way for one of California’s most successful wildlife recovery stories. At the time, only 324 pairs remained […]
Autumn Migration
Raptor and passerine migration is now well and truly underway in my region of Japan. The Chinese Goshawks have finished and now it is the turn of the Oriental Honey Buzzards, Grey-faced Buzzards, Eurasian Sparrowhawks and smaller numbers of Northern Hobby and Japanese Sparrowhawk. The Eurasian Kestrels have just arrived at Isahaya, along with the […]
Halcón peregrino (Peregrine Falcon) Falco peregrinus
Pensar que hace mas de 8 años que estoy fotografiando aves y ayer por la mañana en el Arroyo Itá tuve la suerte de poder ver a un Halcón peregrino perchando en el árbol seco de la vereda del costado de la reserva. Con las aves no hay nada escrito, solo es cuestión de conicidir […]
My local Patch – Germany
Species photographed on my local patch in Germany included: Red Kite, Black Kite, Black-necked Grebe, Greylag Geese, Long-tailed Tits nest building, two Long-tailed Tits completing their new nest, Coal Tit, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine Falcon and Goshawk. Black-necked Grebes
13th Annual Sanibel Lighthouse Hawk Watch
The Sanibel Lighthouse Hawk Watch with Vince McGrath has been an anticipated event for a number of years prior to leaving the state of Florida for what you might not believe a move of mine to the great white north. The Osprey above (image 1) was photographed at the Sanibel Island Lighthouse in October 2016. […]
Endangered Species Act: A Big Success!
One of the most frustrating elements for me of the toxic political climate today is how little facts seem to matter anymore in public discourse. It’s become a common belief that the Endangered Species Act hasn’t worked because, since its passage in 1973, only a handful of species have recovered enough to be de-listed. Just […]