Gunsight is our second newest site, with HawkWatch International crews conducting full-season counts starting in 2016. While this will be the 7th full season of HWI teams counting, our local friends and partners have counted for shorter spans and visited Gunsight Mountain since the 1970s! Even so, the nature of the site still makes it […]
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Welcome to the Tubac HawkWatch! This year marks HawkWatch International’s first year of running this spectacular spring site in southern Arizona, and we couldn’t be more excited about this addition to our migration network. Although the Tubac HawkWatch may be new to HWI, it is not a new site. Hawkwatching enthusiast and expert Peter Collins
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“What do they eat?” is one of the most common questions we get about American Kestrels. The easy answer is, well, all kinds of things! One reason kestrels are among the most common raptors in North America (or at least used to be) is their flexibility—in habitats, nesting sites, and diets. American Kestrels eat a
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Spring migration is on! So, we are going back to basics, starting at ground one for IDing raptors. The first step to identifying a raptor is deciding which family group (aka raptor type) the individual belongs to. In this blog, we will not be talking about the nitty gritty of taxonomy and the genetic links
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Most of us at HawkWatch International not only love raptors; we also love everything to do with the great outdoors and spending as much time outside as possible. Recreating in spaces that our raptor friends and other wildlife call home, however, comes with a responsibility. In this blog, I’ll talk about the recent growth in
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