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Monthly Speaker – November 2023
November 9, 2023 @ 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
Seattle’s Adaptable Urban Cooper’s Hawks
With Ed Deal, Master Birder & Falcon Enthusiast
Thursday, November 9th – Social time 6:30, Program at 7 pm
Ed will be speaking to us in person
At Temple Beth Hatfiloh
201 8th Ave SE Olympia
Please Join Us!
To watch at home via Zoom, see link below.
Thirty years ago, Cooper’s Hawks began colonizing urban and suburban landscapes throughout the US, developing a tolerance for living in proximity to humans. Ed Deal, from Seattle’s Urban Raptor Conservancy, will provide insights into these common but elusive raptors. The Seattle Cooper’s Hawk Project is one of several studies in large US cities (e.g., Milwaukee, Albuquerque) and the only one that is all-volunteer. Since 2012 the group has monitored the hawk’s nesting density and annual nest productivity. The trend for these birds is definitely on the increase; the population has nearly tripled in just 12 years. Please join us to learn about the hawk, their nest site fidelity, migration and dispersal patterns as well as the protocols used for the study.
IMPORTANT: You can participate in this program in one of two ways: live or online.
Live – Join us in person at Temple Beth Hatfiloh at the address above. For those attending the program in person, there will be a social time from 6:30 to 7:00 with snacks and tea, but the program itself starts at 7:00 pm.
Online – Register for the Zoom option at the link below and log on at 7:00 pm.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvduGuqj8vGNRfpHBaRZrV4p9ppNteoSVU