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Banding Stations

We operate two raptor banding stations each Fall. Our Lucky Peak station is open for visitors (visit information: https://www.boisestate.edu/ibo/science/lucky/), whereas our Boise Peak station is not.

Year-to-date Results

Total banded raptors by species from IBO’s Boise Peak and Lucky Peak banding stations combined. Rank represents the current year rank out of a total of 32 years (counting 2024).
Species Boise.Peak Lucky.Peak Total.2024 Rank Tied Longterm.Season.Average
AMKE American Kestrel 0 1 1 32 148.06
RTHA Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 1 32 34.58
AGOS American Goshawk 0 0 0 32 20.71
BWHA Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 10 Tied 0.45
COHA Cooper’s Hawk 0 0 0 32 222.58
FEHA Ferruginous Hawk 0 0 0 4 Tied 0.10
GHOW Great Horned Owl 0 0 0 2 Tied 0.03
GOEA Golden Eagle 0 0 0 21 Tied 1.13
GYRF Gyrfalcon 0 0 0 2 Tied 0.03
MERL Merlin 0 0 0 32 24.32
NOHA Northern Harrier 0 0 0 26 Tied 3.94
NSHR Northern Shrike 0 0 0 4 Tied 0.06
PEFA Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 30 Tied 3.19
PRFA Prairie Falcon 0 0 0 30 Tied 3.65
RLHA Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 2 Tied 0.03
RSHA Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 3 Tied 0.06
SSHA Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0 32 545.35
SWHA Swainson’s Hawk 0 0 0 10 Tied 0.29
TOT Total 0 2 2 32 1008.00

Total by year and by species

Total banded raptors by species by year from IBO’s Boise Peak and Lucky Peak banding stations combined. Rank represents the current year rank out of a total of 32 years (counting 2024).
Years AGOS AMKE BWHA COHA FEHA GHOW GOEA GYRF MERL NOHA NSHR PEFA PRFA RLHA RSHA RTHA SSHA SWHA TotalByYear YearRank
1993 20 23 0 44 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 136 0 243 31
1994 34 75 0 155 0 0 0 0 12 4 0 1 6 0 0 35 431 0 753 28
1995 26 24 1 103 0 0 1 0 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 27 309 0 504 30
1996 33 81 0 208 0 0 1 0 19 1 0 2 3 0 0 39 423 1 811 26
1997 16 132 0 200 0 0 3 0 21 13 0 2 3 0 0 58 527 1 976 18
1998 36 174 0 286 0 0 1 0 20 1 1 2 4 0 0 18 804 0 1346 3
1999 24 249 0 222 0 0 4 0 16 9 0 1 4 0 1 52 583 1 1166 9
2000 38 151 0 134 0 0 1 0 12 3 0 1 3 0 0 24 433 0 800 27
2001 9 258 0 228 1 0 2 0 14 6 0 2 4 0 0 38 576 0 1138 11
2002 31 340 0 273 0 0 3 0 26 6 0 1 5 0 0 54 615 0 1354 2
2003 23 360 1 216 0 0 0 0 43 2 0 4 4 0 0 27 659 0 1339 4
2004 37 213 0 201 0 0 1 0 16 0 0 7 5 1 0 19 525 0 1025 16
2005 13 116 0 249 0 0 1 0 15 1 0 4 2 0 0 9 452 0 862 24
2006 14 114 0 162 0 0 4 0 27 5 0 4 3 0 0 28 469 0 830 25
2007 39 94 0 202 1 0 0 0 13 5 0 1 1 0 0 45 523 0 924 23
2008 6 108 3 124 0 0 1 1 18 2 0 3 0 0 0 24 353 0 643 29
2009 10 184 1 276 0 0 1 0 44 0 0 6 2 0 0 26 673 0 1223 6
2010 29 117 0 225 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 4 4 0 0 9 536 1 958 20
2011 17 121 0 174 0 0 1 0 23 0 1 2 2 0 0 13 670 0 1023 17
2012 19 125 0 258 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 1 3 0 0 28 698 1 1151 10
2013 17 167 1 178 0 0 1 0 18 12 0 5 2 0 0 25 526 0 952 21
2014 12 217 0 275 0 0 2 0 48 2 0 4 7 0 0 34 662 0 1263 5
2015 10 152 0 270 0 0 0 0 35 2 0 3 6 0 0 24 595 1 1098 12
2016 17 129 2 363 0 0 0 0 40 7 0 3 3 0 0 25 865 1 1455 1
2017 24 145 2 331 0 0 0 0 41 6 0 4 7 0 0 30 605 0 1195 7
2018 10 149 0 269 0 0 0 0 29 1 0 7 8 0 0 49 510 1 1033 15
2019 26 102 1 274 0 0 0 0 35 15 0 6 3 0 0 34 573 0 1069 13
2020 12 115 0 269 1 0 2 0 22 2 0 6 7 0 0 70 670 0 1176 8
2021 17 85 2 275 0 0 2 0 19 10 0 4 3 0 1 101 520 1 1040 14
2022 12 112 0 240 0 1 2 0 17 1 1 4 6 0 0 56 512 0 962 19
2023 11 158 0 216 0 0 1 0 45 2 0 5 2 0 0 38 473 0 951 22
Grand Total 642 4590 14 6900 3 1 35 1 754 122 3 99 113 1 2 1072 16906 9 31263
AveragePerYear 20.71 148.06 0.45 222.58 0.1 0.03 1.13 0.03 24.32 3.94 0.1 3.19 3.65 0.03 0.06 34.58 545.35 0.29 1008.48
2024 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
2024 Rank 32 32 10 32 4 2 21 2 32 26 4 30 30 2 3 32 32 10 32
2024 Tied Tied Tied Tied Tied Tied Tied Tied Tied Tied Tied Tied Tied

Graphs for Comparison to Previous Years