On the 25th of August, HWI staff members Tori Thorpe and Chris Butler met with the Manzano Mountains migration crew members for the first time at Walt and Jennifer Lehman’s home. This couple generously stores a large portion of migration supplies during the off-season. Walt has also made most of…

This past week two HWI staff members, Jordan Herman and Steve Slater, along with Steve’s son Forest, helped the Commissary crew set up camp for the fall season. The morning of the 26th, staff and crew met up in Kemmerer to set up the PO Box and gather some food…

The Goshute Mountain migration crew is now on their third week of counting for the season. But in order to get started, the crew first had to go through a grueling hike up 9000 feet above sea level—all while carrying the essentials on their back. Once at the top, their…

At HawkWatch International (HWI), we usually start our education program with a question: how would you describe our ecosystem? Without skipping a beat, the first answers are often people, houses, concrete, and cars. To many students, human development is ubiquitous with the great outdoors. Green grass, shimmering lakes, and towering…

No two students learn the same, which means there is no one size fits all way of teaching. “It can be challenging for students to conform to rigid school standards, and as a result, some end up falling behind,” said HWI Educator Chris Butler. Students on the autism spectrum and…

 PRESS RELEASE FROM RPI: The latest set of analyses by the internationally award-winning Raptor Population Index Project (RPI) shows declines in some migratory hawk populations, while other species are on the rise. HawkWatch International serves as one of the four leading hawk watch and migration research organizations that analyze and…

It’s been just over one year since we made a really difficult decision—to suspend operations at five of our HawkWatch research sites for the 2020 season. It was disappointing, but the right thing to do. Most of our sites are located in remote wilderness areas where our crews live in…

Even in the heat of July, HawkWatch International is thinking about school. Before you know it, parents and students will be shopping for pencils and notebooks. The HWI education team goes back to school too, and we are especially excited this year to bring our Raptor Ambassadors back into classrooms…

Each year, HWI’s eight Raptor Ambassadors reach over 40,000 people with messages about raptors, science, and conservation. It’s true! But reaching this many people isn’t easy. To do so, our Raptor Ambassadors need to have strong appetites, cooperate with their human companions, and use their beauty and power to draw…

Pretty much any time we take one of our Raptor Ambassadors out to a program, we hear someone exclaim “I want a pet owl!” Besides the legal requirements to keep raptors in your care, we’re always quick to point out that it takes a lot of time, money, and effort…