Ryan Bourbour
@talondna.bsky.social
Wildlife ecologist - Raptor researcher - Opportunistic photos from the field
*birds in hand = permits
Environmental science
80%
Geography
20%
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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/journal...
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One of the local Barn Owls roosting above a busy parking lot in downtown Davis…
#urbanRaptor #AmericanBarnOwl
#urbanRaptor #AmericanBarnOwl
Ryan Bourbour
@talondna.bsky.social
· Sep 7
Dark morph Red-tailed Hawk on her first fall migration journey along the California coast…
#Redtailedhawk #raptorMigration
*handled with permits
#Redtailedhawk #raptorMigration
*handled with permits
Ryan Bourbour
@talondna.bsky.social
· Jun 11
Some recent photos from the field… One of the data points we collect from raptors is eDNA diet swabs, which is done by scrubbin’ microscopic prey 🧬 remains from their beaks. This can help us describe what American Kestrels are eating on California farms.
#AmericanKestrel #RaptorResearch #WildAg
#AmericanKestrel #RaptorResearch #WildAg
Ryan Bourbour
@talondna.bsky.social
· May 13
checking occupancy in lots of nest boxes on Northern California farms for a study this year… one surprise this season has been the number of Western Screech-Owl nests, many with impressive stock piles of cached prey!!
#WildAg #raptorResearch
#WildAg #raptorResearch
Ryan Bourbour
@talondna.bsky.social
· May 3
WESOs are getting ready to fledge into the grape 🍇 vines and olive 🫒 orchards of the Sacramento Valley…
📸: A sleepy Western Screech-Owl nestling 💤
#WESOwonderland #WesternScreechOwl #WildAg #RaptorResearch
*handled with multiple permits + research purposes
📸: A sleepy Western Screech-Owl nestling 💤
#WESOwonderland #WesternScreechOwl #WildAg #RaptorResearch
*handled with multiple permits + research purposes
Ryan Bourbour
@talondna.bsky.social
· Feb 17
new Insights paper on the phenomenon of predatory birds flocking to flood irrigated alfalfa 🌱 fields to feast on rodents:
Ryan Bourbour
@talondna.bsky.social
· Sep 19
red-tailed hawk and red-shouldered hawk soaring majestically together over downtown Davis…
Ryan Bourbour
@talondna.bsky.social
· Sep 6
a young Coopers Hawk in a bit of trouble it seems…
Ryan Bourbour
@talondna.bsky.social
· Sep 1
👋 Nice!