National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Yellowstone National Park
P.O. Box 168
Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190
Sept. 16, 2014 14-074
Al Nash
(307) 344-2015
YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE
Yellowstone Invites Visitors To Celebrate Hayden Valley Hawk Watch
Celebrate the spectacle of raptor (bird of prey) migration in Yellowstone National Park’s Hayden Valley this Sunday, September 21.
Join education ranger and raptor enthusiast Katy Duffy to watch and learn about raptors, their ecology, and their migration strategies.
If visitors would like to learn some raptor identification tips, they may begin the day with Ranger Duffy at 9:00 a.m. at the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center for a 45-minute presentation involving the mounted raptors on display there. Afterwards, participants may travel to the park’s famed Hayden Valley to observe and learn about the raptors that flow through Yellowstone each fall.
For the field portion of the tour, visitors are invited to meet at 11:00 a.m. at the turnout 6.6 miles south of Canyon Junction and 9 miles north of Fishing Bridge Junction. Each end of this turnout will have a sandwich board indicating the program location and a uniformed ranger with a spotting scope will be on scene. Participants are reminded to bring a lawn chair for comfortable raptor viewing.
Observation of raptors will occur from 11:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m.
Both programs are free and open to the public. For more information, please call Katy Duffy at 307-344-2296.
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
