HAWK MIGRATION INVITATION:

Richard Scranton is now in his second year as the director of the Hawk Migration Festival in Pateros on the weekend of Sept 13th. He has invited Tahoma Aubudon, ABC members, and bird class members to come over for it.

On Friday the 12th, we will have Jerry Ligouri here from Hawk Watch International, arguably the premier raptor ID expert in the country, to give a workshop on raptor ID. Later that nite we will offer an owl prowl for those interested. The next day we offer a field trip to Wells Wildlife from 8am to 12 pm, a great birding spot along the Columbia river. And, of course, there will be shuttles up to Chelan Ridge from 8 am to 2 pm on Saturday to see the biologists in action: counting raptors overhead and banding hawks such as sharpies and coopers.

You can see more details and sign up for the events on the Audubon website: ncwaudubon.org.

The workshop and owl prowl are new events this year, and folks can email me to sign up. If a group of people want to come I can help make all the arrangements.

We are hoping to get an especially large turnout at this event to help support the people of Pateros who went thru a lot with the devastating fires earlier this year.

Any questions, please contact me at rscran4350@yahoo.com or 509-421-3166.

Thanks, Richard Scranton