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Winter Raptor Survey Project

HI Everyone,

On November 1, the Bend, OR based East Cascades Audubon Society’s Winter Raptor Survey Project will begin its 19th survey season, 12th in Idaho.  A little over a week ago, I posted a request on IBLE for help to fill some vacant routes that I still have that are looking for volunteers to do surveys on.  I managed to fill several routes through that posting but still have more to fill.


Last winter we ended with 512 active survey routes throughout OR, ID, WA, and parts of northern CA, northeastern UT, and southwestern MT covering more than 30,000 miles of transects.  Over 400 survey volunteers will again survey their routes during the primary survey season of December through February.  November and March are also available as optional months.  This is a very large and active citizen science project that has provided a very large data base to the Peregrine Fund to augment their worldwide data base for birds of prey.

Idaho has 146 routes and the following are still in need of a volunteer to do surveys this winter:

Hill City – Fairfield                 110
Winchester                             70
Nezperce                                71  new route, never been surveyed
Coeur d’Alene                        75
Churchill – Oakley.                 65
Heyburn                                 40
Acequia                                 39
Rupert North                          69
Burley SW                             54
Burley SE                              31     
Paul                                      65  new route, never been surveyed
Minidoka NW                        68  new route, never been surveyed
Jerome North                        63

We ask that our volunteers commit to one survey per month during December through February, that they have a good grasp of raptor ID, and that they have at least binoculars to search for and ID birds, spotting scopes are preferable but not required.  Surveys can be scheduled any day of the month that matches up with your life schedule each month.

If this sounds like something that you would like to be a part of, please get back to me as soon as you can with your route choice(s) and I will work with you to get prepared for the effort.  This is a great opportunity to learn about raptors in your chosen area, hope to hear from you soon, thank you 🙂

Jeff Fleischer
Project Coordinator
Winter Raptor Survey Project
East Cascades Audubon Society – Bend, OR   (project sponsor)