The Urban Raptor Conservancy's Ed Deal and Patti Loesche are running a decades long study on the population health of Cooper's Hawks in Seattle. What does that involve? Spending a lot of time looking for and observing the city's hawks.

Guests:

Patti Loesche, co founder of the Urban Raptor Conservency

Ed Deal, co founder of the Urban Raptor Conservancy

Relevant Links:

Urban Raptor Conservancy Website

KUOW: What's that screeching? Maybe a hungry young Cooper's Hawk

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Meet the people on a quest to count every Cooper's Hawk in Seattle