Where are they now? An update on the 24 bald eagle chicks color banded by Pete Bloom between 2017-2022.
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Updates on BBI's current projects and news that relates to BBI's goals and interests.
Wing Tags on Turkey Vultures
Have you seen a tagged Turkey Vulture? Read on to find out more about these fascinating birds and their value to many different research studies. Written by Nicollet Overby.
Read MoreThe Last Wild Condor
It is hard to believe that 34 years ago, the California Condor was standing on the precipice of extinction. But on this day in 1987, the last wild California Condor was taken into captivity – a momentous decision that ultimately saved the species. Now there is a population of over 500 individuals, and more than 300 of those are flying free in their natural wild habitats. Numbers like these were unimaginable to the original Condor Research Team back in 1987. BBI’s founder, Pete Bloom, led the trapping effort for those last wild condors, and we are all grateful for his contribution to save the imperiled species. Written by Nicollet Overby.
Read MorePete Bloom talk at RRF November 2015
Allen Fish and the folks at the Golden Gate Raptor observatory just sent us this link to Pete's talk from the 49th Raptor Research Foundation conference hosted at the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory in November of last year.
Pete's presentation "Fifty Years of California Raptor Conservation — Success, Failure, Works in Progress, & Insights for Future Research" was wonderfully filmed and we are delighted to be able to share it!
Read MoreJune 16 - Peter Bloom raptor presentation at Torrance Audubon chapter.
PV/SB Audubon Chapter
Madrona Marsh Nature Center
3201 Plaza del Amo
Torrance, CA, 90503
7- 9 pm.
http://www.friendsofmadronamarsh.com/
Title: Unusual Movements of Raptors Banded in Southern California
Description: Peter will speak about some of the results from his dissertation research that includes a hitherto undescribed migration of fledgling and young adult Red-tailed Hawks from southwestern California to northerly latitudes at least as far a Yellowstone NP in Montana, and another component that looks at vagrancy (basically lost) in Red-shouldered Hawks also banded in southwestern California.
Open to the public. Light refreshments are provided. Free! Donations are greatly appreciated. For more information please contact the Madrona Marsh Nature Center at 310-782-3989.
Golden Eagle Movement, ongoing study in southwestern CA
Dr. Peter Bloom along with Dr. Robert Fisher and Dr. Jeff Tracy of the U.S. Geological Survey, seen here placing radio telemetry units on Golden Eagles in southwestern California. Dr. Robert Fisher releases an adult female.
Read MoreSo Cal Red Tailed Hawk Migration Study, 40 yrs in the making, now published!
Chapter two of Dr. Peter Bloom's dissertation as newly published in the March 2015 issue of the Journal of Raptor Research! Northward Summer Migration of Red-Tailed Hawks Fledged from Southern Latitudes.
Link to the Journal of Raptor Research.
Chapter one of Dr. Bloom's dissertation published in 2011, Vagrant Western Red-shouldered Hawks: Origins, Natal Dispersal Patterns, and Survival. The Condor 113: 538-546