JANUARY 18, 2021DEMYSTIFYING RAPTORS presented by Eric Hynes
• Monday, January 18, 2020: Social time 6:30 - 7:00, 7:00 program starts. Login to Zoom - Link provided below. Zoom can be added as an app to your phone or mobile device. (Download Zoom app from your Play store or Apple store prior to the meeting - at least several hours.) Click the link and join meeting. There is a video and microphone icon, click to turn on. During the meeting it is appropriate for participants to mute their mics unless asking a question. ZOOM LINK FOR PARTICIPATION & REGISTRATION: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkf-uprjMqHtyZ9eOYo0mHzoaBz4xKH8I5 Raptor Photos by Eric Hynes
Demystifying Raptors: Common, conspicuous and oh so confusing... raptors delight and frustrate birders of all skill levels. But it doesn't have to be that way! This program will re-program your approach to identifying raptors in the field. You will quickly narrow your choices to family, by learning which field marks to observe, which clues to lean on, and when to apply the all-important moniker: "unidentified." Subtle secrets to clinch the precise identification will be revealed. (see more in next column)
Bio: Eric Hynes has been fascinated by birds and passionate about birding since he first heard the ghostly wailing of a Common Loon at summer camp in Maine almost 40 years ago. Eric's positive energy and infectious enthusiasm for all things wild has drawn many a convert to birding and conservation. Raptors have been a reoccurring and welcomed theme for much of his field research over several decades.
Eric was the official counter during six fall migrations at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in PA, multiple breeding seasons studying Golden Eagles, Prairie Falcons and Barn Owls in the Snake River Canyon for the USGS in ID, as well as numerous seasons during fall migration banding raptors in VA, NJ, PA and MD. He is excited to share his perspective with all who will listen (from a safe distance). When Eric is not an educator for his two young daughters who are learning "remotely," he is a bird guide for his local company Box Canyon Birding and a tour leader on hold (during the pandemic) for his longtime employer Field Guides Inc. - Eric Hynes, Placerville, CO |
JANUARY 2021Tumacanbac Field Trips: January and February 2021These popular raptor field trips will be limited to 6 participants. This is as much for traffic safety concerns as for COVID19. Without carpooling we could have up to 6 or 7 vehicles in a caravan which is a concern along busy roadways with narrow shoulders. Carpooling may only occur within existing familiar or social “pod” groups. With everyone's cooperation to maintain social distancing and donning masks when appropriate, we can manage the COVID risk.
Below are the scheduled trip dates. To register, please contact the leader directly using their preferred means of communication.
FEBRUARY 2021Tumacanbac Field Trips 2021
These popular raptor field trips will be limited to 6 participants. This is as much for traffic safety concerns as for COVID19. Without carpooling we could have up to 6 or 7 vehicles in a caravan which is a concern along busy roadways with narrow shoulders. Carpooling may only occur within existing familiar or social “pod” groups. With everyone's cooperation to maintain social distancing and donning masks when appropriate, we can manage the COVID risk. MARCH 2020
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