Welcome to On The Wing for December 2006

Paul Bannick is a naturalist and bird photographer. He shares insights on nature and photographing it.

paulbannick.com
Conservation Northwest

Events Calendar for December 2006

Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve
Upper Skagit Bald Eagle Festival
Wings Over Willcox
Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival
Eagle Watch Weekend, Cadiz KY

Kate's garden in Autumn, looking forward to Winter, in Birmingham UK.

A Birding Gem from Libby Mills - Bird Vision.

Trumpeter Swans have been dying from lead poisoning. Martha Jordan of the Trumpeter Swan Society wants to find the source of the lead shot that the swans are ingesting.

Trumpeter Swan Society
Trumpeter Swan Society - Washington
Lead Poisoning in Washington Swans

Welcome to the August 2006 edition of On The Wing

Kate's garden in Summer, from Birmingham UK.

Events Calendar for August 2006

Friends of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge BirdFest 2006
Portland Swift Watch

(Photo © Marc Hoffman 2006. Used by permission.)

Connie Sidles visits the Montlake Fill (Union Bay Natural Area) almost every day. She shares her love of this important birding site with us on a circuit of the trail.

Union Bay Natural Area
Waders.org - Montlake Fill
Wikipedia UNBA page

Welcome to the July 2006 edition of On The Wing

(Photo by David Dawson)
Our visit to the Randall Davey Audubon Center in beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Randall Davey Audubon Center
Audubon New Mexico

(Photo by Gayle Hunt)
At Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach, Oregon - the third largest monolith in the world, and home to nesting seabirds, raptors, and vacationers. We meet with Tom Oxwang of the Friends of Haystack Rock to learn about the Haystack Rock Awareness Program.

Haystack Rock Awareness Program
Friends of Haystack Rock
Oregon Coast NWR Complex
Oregon Rocks NWR

Events Calendar for July 2006

Oregon Shorebird Festival
British Birdwatching Fair

(Photos by T K Brown)
Garry and Loraine have a Bald Eagle nest in the Cottonwood tree in their back yard in Kent, Washington. They share the nest with the world through their webcam.

News Flash: The eaglet has fledged!

Kent Eagle Cam

Welcome to the May 2006 edition of On The Wing

(Photo by Gayle Hunt)
Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge with Phil Kelley.


Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
Nisqually Reach Nature Center
Birdwise on Google Video

(Photo by Bud Anderson)
Bud Anderson describes Long-Bill Syndrome, a disturbing abnormal growth of birds' beaks and bills.

If you spot a bird with a misshapen beak, take note of the bird's species and location and call Bud Anderson at (360) 757-1911 or e-mail him at bud@frg.org

Falcon Research Group
Bill Deformities in Songbirds

Bitterroot Birding & Nature Festival
Birds on the Bay
Feliciana Hummingbird Celebration

Springtime in Birmingham, UK, with Kate.

(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