{"id":115,"date":"2020-11-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weebly-import-post-115"},"modified":"2026-06-17T01:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:43:23","slug":"scholarship-winner-sharpens-raptor-id-skills-at-sfbbo-workshop","status":"publish","type":"wingbeat","link":"https:\/\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wingbeat\/scholarship-winner-sharpens-raptor-id-skills-at-sfbbo-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship Winner Sharpens Raptor ID Skills at SFBBO Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\"><strong>By Guest Blogger Julien Ueda<\/strong><\/div> <div><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Picture\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wp-content\/uploads\/weebly-migration\/julien-ueda.png?ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200b<span><span>\u201cRed-tailed Hawks have red tails\u2026 I think most of the time?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br\/><span><span>Falcon! Well, it\u2019s either a Merlin or a Prairie\u2026<\/span><\/span><br\/><br\/><span><span>Coopers are like crow size and Sharp-shins are closer to jays.\u201d<\/span><\/span><br\/><br\/><span><span>Before Alvero\u2019s Diurnal Raptor Identification Workshop with SFBBO, I could name all of the common raptor species in the Bay Area and identify most of them for my eBird checklist\u2013 good enough. But Alvero\u2019s workshop rightfully said otherwise.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n  <div class=\"paragraph\"><span><span>Alvaro Jaramillo wrote the <\/span><span>Birds of Chile<\/span><span>\u00a0and the <\/span><span>American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of California<\/span><span>. As an expert in ornithology, he also runs his own tour company, Alvaro&#8217;s Adventures.<\/span><span>\u00a0So, I was incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to learn from him.<\/span><\/span><br\/><br\/><span><span>From the start of the workshop, I knew I would learn a lot. I have stared at the two pages Sibley devoted to the many morphs of Red-tailed Hawks, but Alvaro simplified it by focusing on the dark patagials that appear in flight or the \u201cdark, light, dark\u201d pattern on the bird\u2019s underside. Two rules \u2026 What a relief! But birding is more than identification.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br\/><br\/><span><span>Alvaro described the Harlan\u2019s Hawk, a subspecies of the Red-tailed Hawk, with its own set of color morphs and slight genetic differences that demonstrated the blurry lines we use to define species. He showed the Buteo phylogenetic tree and how some lineages migrated from the Americas to Eurasia and back again to give us the Ferruginous Hawk. He discussed prey specialization across raptor species and described ten thousand Swainson\u2019s Hawks eating millions of dragonflies in Argentina. Alvaro taught me the story of each species through their ecology and evolution and gave me a greater appreciation for raptors.<\/span><\/span><br\/><br\/><span><span>Now spotting a flying raptor above the trail, I can say:<\/span><\/span><br\/><br\/><span><span>\u201cHas to be a Red-tail with those dark patagials!<\/span><\/span><br\/><br\/><span><span>Prairie Falcons have dark wing pits!<\/span><\/span><br\/><br\/><span><span>It\u2019s a December <\/span><span>Accipiter<\/span><span>, the retricies are about the same length, and much of the head is behind the wing. Must be a Sharpie!\u201d<\/span><\/span><br\/><br\/><span><span>I would like to thank SFBBO for organizing these wonderful workshops and the donors who supported scholarships for students from underrepresented backgrounds. Your contribution works to make this hobby more accessible to all and lays the foundation for a more diverse world of birding.<\/span><br\/><br\/><em><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Julien Ueda is a senior at Stanford University pursuing a biology degree in ecology and evolution. He is a docent at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve analyzing the preserve\u2019s bird transect data and hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in ecology. 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