This past weekend my parents came out for a visit and got a chance to see some of what I've been doing. Though the days were really (very) slow with hawks, they got to see a few shins come in and at least get a good idea of how exactly things function at the station. The nights were a different story however, with two of our biggest nights at 85 and 69 saw whets and it got kind of crazy.
Despite the lack of hawks and a bit of rain, my dad came out of the trip with an awesome set of pictures which I will gradually be putting up pictures from.
Photo by my pa
Photo by my paThe day before they came we actually had a great hawk day, with 4 goshawks and a redtail. RT on left, G on right:


Gos scream a lot

American pipit's long back talon

My parents did get some stellar rainbows

Black backed woodpecker

Saw whet with a white talon