The city of Pateros is excited to host the sixth annual Chelan Ridge Hawk Migration Festival on September 17. The US Forest Service, HawkWatch International, North Central Washington Audubon Society and many others will be sharing the joy of raptors, their awesome biology, their migration tales and the on-going research in our back yard. This ... Read more
Join the Methow Valley Ranger District, HawkWatch International, and North Central Washington Audubon Societyt this fall for the 9th annual Chelan Ridge Hawk Migration Festival. This free family event combines activities in Pateros, Washington and shuttle trips to the Chelan Ridge migration site to learn about and celebrate raptors as they journey to winter territories. ... Read more
The Leavenworth area features spectacular habitats ranging from snow-capped mountains to sunny ponderosa pine forests, lush riparian zones to shrub-steppe. All field trips during this festival are led by experts and professionals in their field. Learn about the wide variety of migratory birds that come to the Leavenworth area for the breeding season. The one ... Read more
Join the USFS Chelan/Entiat Ranger District, HawkWatch International, and North Central Washington Audubon Society this fall for the 10th annual Chelan Ridge Hawk Migration Festival. This free family event combines activities in Pateros, WA and migration trips to the Chelan Ridge migration site to learn about and celebrate raptors as they journey to winter territories. You will ... Read more
The Leavenworth area features spectacular habitats ranging from snow-capped mountains to sunny ponderosa pine forests, lush riparian zones to shrub-steppe. The festival is sponsored by the Wenatchee River Institute and North-Central Washington Audubon, and all field trips during this festival are led by experts and professionals in their field. Learn about the wide variety of ... Read more
After exploratory surveys at Chelan Ridge HawkWatch in 1997, Hawkwatch International, in partnership with the USFS Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, began annual standardized counts at the site in 1998 to monitor and learn more about raptors migrating through the east Cascades of Washington within the Pacific Coast Flyway. Counts typically range between 2,000-3,000 migrants of up ... Read more
Since 2003, the Wings Over Water Birding Festival has taken place each spring in Blaine, Washington to celebrate the incredible variety of migratory birds that flock to the coastal waters of Drayton Harbor, Birch Bay and Semiahmoo Bay at the northwest corner of Washington State. This major stopover on the Pacific Flyway between Seattle, Washington ... Read more
