On The Wing

(Photo courtesy NSCC) Birds and the restoration of the North Seattle Community College Wetlands NSCC Campus Wetlands

Welcome to the February 2006 edition of On The Wing

At the Upper Skagit River, we meet Libby Mills, tour the Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpretive Center, and visit a couple of riverside viewpoints. skagiteagle.org

With Kate, from Birmingham UK.

(Photo courtesy of PAWS Wildlife Center) In January 2006, a group of nearly 60 Western Grebes were found stranded and starving on the beach at Ocean Shores, Washington. They were taken to the PAWS wildlife rehabilitation center in Lynnwood, Washington. PAWS PAWS Wild Again Newsletter

Upper Skagit Bald Eagle Festival San Diego Bird Festival Winter Wings Festival Connecticut Audubon Society Eagle Festival Port Susan Snow Goose & Birding Festival

A Birding Gem from Bud Anderson - The Vole National Park. Falcon Research Group

An overview of other birding podcasts, with a guest segment from RainforestInn. Naturesound RSPB Bird Notes Parrot Science Whooper Happenings Ray Brown's Talkin' Birds The Sounds of the Rainforest

Welcome to the November 2005 edition of On The Wing - the UK Edition.

(Photos by John Lithgow) Duddingston Loch is on the shoulder of Arthur's Seat, a dormant volcano in Edinburgh, Scotland. Duddingston Loch

(Photo by David Dawson) The Scottish Seabird Centre, in North Berwick, Scotland, is a state-of-the-art nature viewing facility. Visitors to the Centre can view the birds on Bass Rock, the Isle of May and Fidra by remote controlled video cameras, using the latest telemetry to rotate, pan and zoom to get the best possible views of the birds. Scottish Seabird Centre Lothian SOC Forth Seabird Group

(Photo by Gayle Hunt) The RSPB Sandwell Valley Reserve is a 10 hectare wildfowl and songbird refuge just outside Birmingham, England. RSPB Sandwell Valley

(Photo by David Dawson) The Entiat Ridge Experimental Hawk Banding Station, a project of the Falcon Research Group, is conducting its fifth annual hawk migration study. Located on a beautiful ridge in Eastern Washington, the station is in the migratory path of several hawk species. Bud Anderson, Ed Deal, Mark Gleason and Martin Muller show us the action. Falcon Research Group Bird Banding Laboratory

Welcome to the August 2005 edition of On The Wing!

Chris Templeton tells us how Black-Capped Chickadees vary their alarm calls according to how dangerous a predator is - It's size that counts, but not in the way you might think. Chickadee-dee-dee means a lot more than it may seem... Chickadee Alarm Calls - Chris Templeton

Oregon Shorebird Festival Meet the Waders Australia New Haven Hawk Festival

(Photo by Michael Hobbs) Michael Hobbs has made himself an expert on Redmond Washington's Marymoor Park, by birding there virtually every week for eleven years. Birding at Marymoor Park East Lake Washington Audubon

Hurricane Katrina has devastated the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. What can we do?

(Photo by Kevin Li) Kevin Li has been putting up nesting gourds for Purple Martins in the Puget Sound area. We join him to check three of the sites he maintains. kdli@msn.com Seattle Times article USGS Purple Martin site Martin Cam Kitsap Audubon Martin site purplemartin.org purplemartins.com

Welcome to the May 2005 edition of On The Wing!