Category: Tracking Raptors

  • May 30 Raptor Survey Reveals High Mortality of Gray Whales on the Washington Coast

    Since 1995, I’ve been conducting raptor surveys by vehicle along Washington’s coastal beaches. Completed with a host of volunteers, the surveys take place every month from September to May. It’s not unusual for us to come across sea lion, seal and the occasional whale carcass that washed ashore. We record these observations along with data […]

  • Beginning

    Welcome all raptor fans to Bird Man Dan’s Blog! Thanks for joining me on my adventures, study, and love of raptors. You have found your way to the first blog post of the newly re-launched Coastal Raptors website, now powered by WordPress 2022. Today, I want to tell the story of just how our re-designed […]