Notes from the Field (Fall 2008):
Date: : November 28, 2008
Beach: Ocean Shores
Observers: Dan Varland, Dianna Moore, Rick Johns, Helle Andersen
Raptor count:
| Peregrine Falcon |
Bald Eagle |
Northern Harrier |
| 2 juveniles |
1 adult, 1 juvenile |
1 |
Marked Individuals Observed:
| Species |
Color Band Code |
| Peregrine Falcon |
A/4 |
| Peregrine Falcon |
X/D |
Date: : November 16, 2008
Beach: Ocean Shores
Observers: Dan Varland, Suzanne Tomlinson, Dan Miller and Dave Murnen
Raptor count:
| Peregrine Falcon |
| 1 juvenile |
Marked Individuals Observed:
| Species |
Color Band Code |
| Peregrine Falcon |
A/4 |
Date: : November 13, 2008
Beach: Ocean Shores
Observers: Dan Varland, Hans and Ellen Running
Raptor count:
| Peregrine Falcon |
Bald Eagle |
Northern Harrier |
| 1 adult |
1 adult |
1 |
Marked Individuals Observed:
| Species |
Color Band Code |
| Peregrine Falcon |
W/X |
Date: : November 9, 2008
Beach: Long Beach
Observers: Dan Varland, Tom Rowley, Dan Miller and Sandra Miller.
Raptor count:
| Peregrine Falcon |
Northern Harrier |
| 2 adult |
1 |
Marked Individuals Observed:
| Species |
Color Band Code |
| Peregrine Falcon |
V/V |
Date: : November 1, 2008
Beach: Ocean Shores
Observers: Dan Varland, Dave Murnen, and Jack Durney
Raptor count:
| Peregrine Falcon |
Northern Harrier |
| 1 juvenile |
1 |
Raptors Banded:
| Species |
Color Marker Code |
| Peregrine Falcon |
X/D |
X/D, a first-year male Peale's peregrine at Ocean Shores.
X/D had an injury to the soft tissue below his left eye. We did not try to remove this.
Date: : October 18, 2008
Beach: Long Beach
Observers: Dan Varland, Suzanne Tomlinson, Tuan Trvong, Kimiko LaHaela, and Krissy Maser
Raptor count:
| Northern Harrier |
Unidentified Accipiter |
| 2 |
1 |
Date: : October 14, 2008
Beach: Grayland
Observers: Dan Varland, Suzanne Tomlinson, and Dianna Moore
Raptor count:
| Peregrine Falcon |
Bald Eagle |
Northern Harrier |
| 1 juvenile |
1 adult |
1 |
Raptors Banded:
| Species |
Color Marker Code |
| Peregrine Falcon |
C/3 |
C/3, a first-year male Peale's peregrine captured and banded on Midway Beach south of Grayland. This individual had severe fault bars on the primaries of both wings. The feather damage was particularly acute in the primaries on the left wing.
Close-up of the fault bars on C/3's left wing
Date: : October 11, 2008
Beach: Ocean Shores
Observers: Dan Varland, Dan Miller, Brian Sterling, Kimiko LaHaela and Rachael Quesinberry.
Miller's Obiter Dictum
Raptor count:
| Peregrine Falcon |
Bald Eagle |
Northern Harrier |
| 3 juveniles |
3 adults |
2 |
Marked Individuals Observed:
| Species |
Color Band Code |
| Peregrine Falcon |
90/N. |
Kimiko LaHaela with 90/N, a first year Peregrine Falcon banded by Bud Anderson and the Falcon Research Group as a nestling in the San Juan Islands on June 8, 2008. This is the fourth such observation of a peregrine banded by the Falcon Research Group in the San Juan Islands that has turned up on the beaches of the outer coast during our surveys.
90/N.
90/N.
Date: : October 9, 2008
Beach: Ocean Shores
Observers: Dan Varland, Dave Murnen, Dianna Moore and Jake Verschuyl.
Raptor count:
| Peregrine Falcon |
Bald Eagle |
Merlin |
2 juveniles,
1 adult |
1 adult |
1 |
Marked Individuals Observed:
| Species |
Color Band Code |
| Peregrine Falcon |
A/4 |
Raptors Banded:
| Species |
Color Marker Code |
| Peregrine Falcon |
X/V |
X/V, a first-year Peale's peregrine at Ocean Shores.
X/V.
Date: : October 5, 2008
Beach: Ocean Shores
Observers: Dan Varland, Dave Murnen, Dan Miller, and Suzanne Tomlinson.
Comments: We captured and banded the only raptor we saw on the beach this morning.
Raptor count:
| Bald Eagle |
Peregrine Falcon |
Northern Harrier |
| 2 adult |
1 adult, 1juvenile |
2 |
Raptors Banded:
| Species |
Color Marker Code |
| Peregrine Falcon |
P/3 |
P/3, a first-year Peale's peregrine at Ocean Shores (lightly marked type).
P/3.
P/3.
Date: : September 20, 2008
Beach: Ocean Shores
Observers: Dan Varland, Dianna Moore, and Don and Sterling Harders.
Raptor count:
| Bald Eagle |
Peregrine Falcon |
| 1 adult |
1 juveniles |
Date: : September 19, 2008
Beach: Ocean Shores
Observers: Dan Varland and Brian Sterling
Comments: We captured and banded the only raptor we saw on the beach this morning.
Raptor count:
| Peregrine Falcon |
| 1 juveniles |
Raptors Banded:
| Species |
Color Marker Code |
| Peregrine Falcon |
A/4 |
A/4, a first-year Peale's peregrine at Ocean Shores
A/4.
A/4.