Dear friends, Your commitment to raptor conservation has led us to this exciting announcement: It’s HawkWatch International’s 35th Anniversary! It’s incredible to reflect on Steve Hoffman’s vision, and how his passion for raptors evolved into an organization that has contributed over 35 years of unmatched migratory raptor data collection, raptor…

I still remember the first time we hired Eric Chabot as a “seasonal” field biologist, back in March 2012, to help on a Golden Eagle nest monitoring project in Utah’s West Desert. That first time we hired Eric stands out in my mind because Eric wasn’t your traditional seasonal. He…

While the rapid uptake of wind energy across the globe offers hope of a transition toward sustainability, this same energy can also present a real threat to soaring birds of prey. Now a new tool offers hope of a win-win solution, allowing developers to rapidly identify the best locations for…

Earlier this year, BirdLife International’s Red List team set about requesting information on a handful of threatened raptors whose populations appeared to be in decline. Amongst them was Africa’s largest eagle, the Martial Eagle. The aim was to gather the most recent information from researchers across the species range to…

© Búho chillón, Evan R. Buechley HawkWatch International (HWI) se complace en anunciar la Subvención Global de Investigación y Conservación de Rapaces, una nueva oportunidad de financiación que invertirá en proyectos que aborden las prioridades globales de investigación y conservación de aves rapaces. HWI invertirá en proyectos liderados por ciudadanos de países…

© Bare-shanked Screech-owl, Evan R. Buechley HawkWatch International (HWI) is very excited to announce the Global Raptor Research and Conservation Grant, a new funding opportunity that will invest in projects addressing global raptor research and conservation priorities. HWI will invest in projects led by citizens of developing countries, with the…

“Finding nests in Kruger National Park is hard – we are hampered by thick bush and a huge study area. We started monitoring nests in 2011 after an aerial survey which located 22 nests. Over the years of monitoring we have found new nests incidentally while working in the park,…

With lockdown lifting and tourists getting back into Kruger National Park, we hope that we’ll be receiving more re-sightings of our tagged Martial Eagles again. Here’s our latest one from Anne van Zyle who saw Red A1 on 20 June north of Phalaborwa. This is a male eagle which was…

Dear Friends, After long and thoughtful consideration, HawkWatch International is temporarily suspending operations at five of our HawkWatch research sites for the 2020 season. This difficult decision is not reached lightly, and is based on health recommendations regarding COVID-19, as well as recommendations from groups like the Bird Banding Lab…