Hike to Bonney Butte
9/20/2018
The Hawkwatch organization was capturing
and banding hawks while we were there

This hawk was captured and banded while we were on the mountain
The Hawkwatch organization has been capturing and banding
hawks on Bonney Butte for 25 years

A Sharp-shinned Hawk (accipiter striatus)

Click here to go to www.hawkwatch.org



This is what a hawk looks like in the air
and believe it or not the people from hawkwatch could tell
what kind of hawk it was













View of Mt Hood from top of Bonney Butte








View looking east
we could see the wheat fields in Eastern Oregon in the distance




Learning about hawks from an expert on top of Bonney Butte






View from the top of Bonney Butte










Trail we followed





The road at the end of the trail




Joyce and Dianne B.


the group




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