(Photo by David Dawson) The Scottish Seabird Centre, in North Berwick, Scotland, is a state-of-the-art nature viewing facility. Visitors to the Centre can view the birds on Bass Rock, the Isle of May and Fidra by remote controlled video cameras, using the latest telemetry to rotate, pan and zoom to get the best possible views of the birds. Scottish Seabird Centre Lothian SOC Forth Seabird Group

(Photo by Gayle Hunt) The RSPB Sandwell Valley Reserve is a 10 hectare wildfowl and songbird refuge just outside Birmingham, England. RSPB Sandwell Valley

(Photo by David Dawson) The Entiat Ridge Experimental Hawk Banding Station, a project of the Falcon Research Group, is conducting its fifth annual hawk migration study. Located on a beautiful ridge in Eastern Washington, the station is in the migratory path of several hawk species. Bud Anderson, Ed Deal, Mark Gleason and Martin Muller show us the action. Falcon Research Group Bird Banding Laboratory

Welcome to the August 2005 edition of On The Wing!

Chris Templeton tells us how Black-Capped Chickadees vary their alarm calls according to how dangerous a predator is - It's size that counts, but not in the way you might think. Chickadee-dee-dee means a lot more than it may seem... Chickadee Alarm Calls - Chris Templeton

Oregon Shorebird Festival Meet the Waders Australia New Haven Hawk Festival

(Photo by Michael Hobbs) Michael Hobbs has made himself an expert on Redmond Washington's Marymoor Park, by birding there virtually every week for eleven years. Birding at Marymoor Park East Lake Washington Audubon

Hurricane Katrina has devastated the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. What can we do?

(Photo by Kevin Li) Kevin Li has been putting up nesting gourds for Purple Martins in the Puget Sound area. We join him to check three of the sites he maintains. [email protected] Seattle Times article USGS Purple Martin site Martin Cam Kitsap Audubon Martin site purplemartin.org purplemartins.com

Welcome to the May 2005 edition of On The Wing!