Mark your calendars! After a two-year hiatus East Cascades Bird Alliance is resuming our Green Ridge Raptor Survey for 2026. As I attempt to eventually hand over the reins to a new group of volunteers, we have some exciting opportunities for participation. We are very fortunate to have raptor biologist Emily Pierce offer two trainings on the challenges of identifying raptors at distance as they migrate to their southernly winter grounds.
The first training will be on Tuesday, Sept. 15th at the new Bend Central Library from 6:30pm to 7:30pm in meeting room 1 (2nd floor).
The second training will be on Thursday, Sept. 17th at the Redmond Library’s meeting room from 5:30pm to 6:30pm.
The first count day will be on Saturday, Sept. 19th from 12:00 noon to 5:00pm conducted by Emily. The rest of the schedule will be on Saturday, Sept. 26 and 27 and the first three weekends of Oct. from 12:00 noon until 5:00pm (unless it’s a big day and raptors continue to pass through.) I will conduct a training on data collection on Saturday, Sept. 26th. If you want to participate please remember that we need both observers and counters so please contact me to sign up for the days that you will be available. No need to commit if you just want to come up as a visitor as there is always a need for more eyes to the skies to assist in spotting and tracking raptors.
I will post reminders and details as we get closer to the season but in the meantime feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Looking forward to sharing the magic of migration with you!
David Vick
Project Coordinator
Count days
Sat. Sept. 19th (no count on Sunday the 20th)
Sat. Sept. 26th
Sun. Sept. 27th
Sat. Oct. 3rd
Sun. Oct.4th
Sat. Oct. 10th
Sun. Oct. 11th
Sat. Oct. 17th
Sun. Oct. 18th
