Spent most of the afternoon with Roger from Salmon Arm and Isaac up at the raptor viewing area.  A sow Black Bear and 3 cubs spent the entire time a short ways from us sleeping in a tree.  It was a wild experience seeing lots of migrating raptors and looking over at the bears for… Continue reading Raptor Watching Sept. 21, 2019

Today at work Isaac let me know that raptors were moving again and he had seen several more Broad-winged Hawks.  As soon as I got home I walked into my backyard and saw raptors circling.  I live very near the watch point we have been staking out this fall.  I didn’t have my bins with… Continue reading Raptor Watching Sept. 18, 2019

Isaac had reported raptors flying near Mt. Dufferin in the afternoon and had several Broad-winged Hawks in that mix.  This had me chomping at the bit at work and we met at my place and ran up to the viewpoint as soon as possible.  We didn’t get up there until after 5pm though so we… Continue reading Raptor Migration Watching Sept. 16, 2019

Scampered up there with my daughter at 4:30 this afternoon.  Not much in terms of raptor migration but we did find a Poorwill near the top of the hill we were on. Raptor migration watch point, Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, CA Sep 10, 2019 4:57 PM – 6:12 PM Protocol: Stationary 13 species Common Poorwill  1… Continue reading Raptor Migration Watch Point Sept. 10, 2019

Isaac showed me a raptor migration place near the top of Mt. Dufferin where he saw several Broad-winged Hawk last year.  It’s a place we plan on covering during Sept/Oct.  We did get one Broad-winged today as well which is a lifer for this guy 🙂 Raptor migration watch point, Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, CA Sep… Continue reading Mt. Dufferin Raptor Migration Watch Point Birding Sept. 7, 2019