Winter Hawk Watching is ramping up

[Andrea Warner]

For all the Whatcom raptor enthusiasts, now’s the time to brush up on your raptor identification skills and increase your raptor knowledge. Sue Cottrell will be teaching her 5-week class once again. Her class will teach you about the 15 regularly occurring species of hawks, eagles, harriers, falcons, and vultures that regularly occur in Western Washington. She will cover how to identify them, where to find them, when they are here, why they are here, how they make a living, and what you need to observe them.

There will be two classes, an in-person class at Padilla Bay Interpretive center starts January 6 at 7 pm and includes an all day field trip, cost is $175.

The second class will be via zoom and starts January 7 at 7 pm and cost is $100. Space may be available on a field trip for an additional fee.

Visit Sue’s website, www.raptorstudiesnw.org to find out more about Sue and the classes and how to register. If you have a specific question you can email her at raptors...@gmail.com

Andrea Warner
Fairhaven