Nest poles in Eastern WA’s Benton, Walla Walla, Columbia counties host growing number of endangered ferruginous hawk chicks and allow biology studies.

Traditionally ferruginous hawks have found nest sites in rock outcrops and isolated trees, but small cliffsides have fallen and old homestead trees have been lost, according to the Washington ...

Nest poles in Eastern WA’s Benton, Walla Walla, Columbia counties host growing number of endangered ferruginous hawk chicks and allow biology studies.

Nest poles in Eastern WA’s Benton, Walla Walla, Columbia counties host growing number of endangered ferruginous hawk chicks and allow biology studies.

Biologists are hoping that ferruginous hawks will raise chicks on about 70% of the platforms, with an average of three chicks per nest. Significant decline in nests ...

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A ferruginous hawk is held by Chris Lassen in Great Falls, June 29. Lassen is a licensed falconer and in mid-June took the baby hawk from a nest in the Choteau area.

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PINEDALE — Two nesting platforms for hawks have been set up in the Pinedale area to help a species that's been affected by gas development. The hope is that ferruginous hawks will nest on top of ...

Nest poles in Eastern WA’s Benton, Walla Walla, Columbia counties host growing number of endangered ferruginous hawk chicks and allow biology studies.

The second of four ferruginous hawk chicks hatches May 1 in a nest near Touchet, Wash. A nest platform mounted on a pole there has helped the same pair of endangered hawks raise chicks for the ...