Category: Focus: Wildlife
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Tracking Yosemite’s Elusive Fishers from the Air
Flying over Yosemite National Park conducting aerial telemetry with park staff to locate a missing endangered fisher. Photo by Joe Medley. When a young fisher known as M19 was released back into Yosemite National Park last year after recovering from injury, biologists outfitted him with a small tracking collar to monitor his movements and survival…
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Pilot View: Searching Frozen Lakes for Stranded Loons
An early, rapid freeze on Lake Winnipesaukee raised concerns that loons could become trapped by ice before migrating south. A LightHawk survey flight found no stranded birds, a welcome sign that the loons had already moved on to warmer waters. Photo by Harry Vogel. The Issue Loons are built for water, not land. Their legs…
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Looking for Loons In All the Frozen Places
Flying over Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire to search for loons stranded by winter ice. From above, LightHawk helped partners scan the frozen lake for birds in distress and identify where rescue efforts might be needed. Photo by Harry Vogel. Life as a loon is filled with challenges. One of the most deadly? Mistaking a…
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On The Wing News – Winter 2025
Conservation Is About Connection Have you ever watched a flock of birds shift and turn in perfect unison, as if they share one mind? Or stood by a river, knowing that the water at your feet has traveled for miles through forests, grasslands, and wetlands before reaching you? Nature is all about connection. Every species,…
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Pilot View: Flying Gray Wolves to Colorado for a Historic Reintroduction
LightHawk CEO Jim Becker helps Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff unload a gray wolf following its flight to Colorado, part of the state’s historic effort to return the species to the wild. Photo by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. A Wolf Transport Mission – The Pilot’s Perspective Mission Planning The mission was to transport 15 gray…