Education

• • 500+ people participating in more than 1,000 raptor surveys since 1995.
• • News and information updated regularly on the website
• • 20+ reports to state and federal agencies
• • 50+ presentations to civic groups, school groups and professional organizations in western Washington and beyond.
• • Published book chapter on the latest techniques for marking raptors for field identification:
  Varland, D.E., J.A. Smallwood, L.S. Young and M.N. Kochert. 2007. Marking Techniques. Pages 221-236 in Raptor Research and Management Techniques, D.M. Bird and K.L. Bildstein (Eds.). Hancock House Publishers, LTD. Surrey, B.C. Canada. 463 pp.

Team effort removing a two-year-old Bald Eagle from the net. This eagle was captured north of Ocean Shores on March 30, 2014. With Dan Varland holding the bird, left to right are Lisa Leitz, Pamela McCauley, Katherine Lopez and Chris Handly. This was first time in the field for all. All attended the raptor program hosted by Coastal Raptors and the Aberdeen Museum a week earlier and expressed an interest in participating in Coastal Raptors field work.

Program Examples

• Date: May 19, 2018
  Education Program:Mercury Contamination Trends in Feathers of Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) in Coastal Washington
  Venue: The 4th International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Health, Tianjin, China
  
  
  
• Date: November 8, 2017
  Education Program Workshop: Techniques for Handling, Marking, and Measuring Raptors: A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush!
  Venue: 2017 Conference of the Raptor Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, Utah
  
  
  
• Date: October 7, 2017
  Education Program: Birds, Music and Laughter!
  Venue: BirdFest and Bluegrass Festival, Ridgefield, Washington
  
  
  
• Date: October 19, 2016
  Education Program: Peregrine Falcon Scavenging (4mb PDF)
  Location: Raptor Research Foundation conference, Cape May, New Jersey
  
  
  
• Date: June 18, 2015
  Education Program: Coastal Raptors
  Location: Hoquiam Timberland Library, Hoquiam WA
  
  
  
• Date: June 3, 2015
  Education Program: Truck Day
  Location: Emerson Elementary School, Hoquiam WA
  
  
  
• Date: May 2 and 3, 2015
  Education Program: Field Trip and Lecture
  Location: Grays Harbor area and Ocean Shores, WA
  
  
  
• Date: April 14, 2015
  Education Program: Monitoring the Health of Avian Scavengers on the Washington Coast
  Location: Hoquiam Timberland Library, Hoquiam, WA
  
  
  
• Date: December 17, 2014
  Education Program: Hoquiam High School Career Fair
  Location: Hoquiam High School, Hoquiam, WA
  
  
  
• Date: November 5, 2014
  Education Program: Getting to Know the Raptors
  Location: Ocean Beach Roasters, Ocean Shores, Washington
  
  
  
• Date: November 3, 2014
  Education Program: Monitoring Raptors on the Washington Coast
  Location: University of Washington, Seattle
  
  
  
• Date: September 24 and 27, 2014
  Education Program: Marking Techniques Workshop and Coastal Raptors Symposium
  at the annual conference of the Raptor Research Foundation.
  Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
  
  
  
• Date: April 12, 2014
  Education Program: Raptor Identification and Monitoring Health and Disease in Avian Scavengers
  Location: Orcas Island, Washington
  
  
  
• Date: March 22, 2014
  Education Program: Return from the Brink, or Not?
  Location: Aberdeen Museum of History, Aberdeen, WA