Ryan Bourbour

NEW #SharpshinnedHawk paper out in Journal of Raptor Research - Rings and Pings: Band Encounters and Motus Elucidate the Overwintering Locations and Movements of Sharp-shinned Hawks in Western North America #raptorResearch #Motus rapt.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/…

Belize Hawk Watch 2025 team t-shirts featuring the enigmatic Hook-billed Kite available now for a limited time!! Funds go directly towards supporting the #BelizeHawkWatch program: bonfire.com/belize-hawk-wa…

new Insights paper on the phenomenon of predatory birds flocking to flood irrigated alfalfa 🌱 fields to feast on rodents:

Molt season… #BarnOwl 🪶

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Cool new paper on rough-legged hawk diet using DNA metabarcoding methods 🧬 🧬🧬

A recently published research highlight found that integrating eDNA metabarcoding and citizen science enhances avian ecological research 🐦 ... buff.ly/3YPsD8l

🦉 🌕 #WildAg #GreatHornedOwl

a Great Horned Owl at moon-rise tonight… hunting & hooting from an artificial raptor perch in an olive 🫒 orchard #WildAg #GreatHornedOwl

@Meghann_Pie Ah, i see how it might look like that! The right foot is grasping the rat, but the sun shining on the leg kinda makes it look like it’s missing..

a young Cooper’s Hawk learning to hunt 🐀 in the urban canopy 🌳 of downtown Davis…

@joepabike 🤞🤞🤞

@talonDNA Hope you get some good Ferruginous Hawk snaps this winter!

🪶New Paper🧬 Last chapter from my dissertation out in @AnimalEcology! We combined DNA metabarcoding and eBird data to investigate predator–prey interactions between a migrating raptor & co-occurring avian prey: doi.org/10.1111/1365-2… #RaptorResearch #Accipiter #OpenAccess

It’s fledgling Red-tailed Hawk season on Yolo County farms… #WildAg #redtailedhawk

Kestrel Weather Meter ®️

Ash-throated Flycatcher with some home decor aka nest material…

an Ash-throated Flycatcher hanging out on the front porch of their almond orchard 🌳 nest box…

@WildThingRanger that’s a great!

@talonDNA I just put up 6 kestrel boxes at lynch canyon

snack 🦋 time for some vineyard 🍇 nesting American Kestrels in Napa Valley…