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I’m not ashamed to admit I’m on the older side, at least in terms of the staff at HawkWatch International. With nearly 20 years at the organization, I’ve seen a lot of changes. These days, it feels like the term “AI” (artificial intelligence) is everywhere: it’s used for web searches, writing, image and video creation […]

Ever-evolving wildlife tracking technology transforms how we understand animal movement. Individuals carrying GPS transmitters provide a window into understanding parts of their lives we could never observe directly, such as migration routes, seasonal ranges, daily movement patterns, and even how they use the landscape. As GPS tracking devices improve, so does the level of detail

With the unseasonably warm and snowless winter in the west, what is in store for our nesting raptors this spring? Our Cavity Adopting Raptor Ecology Studies (CARES) team is already finding Western Screech-Owls and American Kestrels on eggs, suggesting a busy start to the season.  Every season, we recruit a team of interns, a technician,

Raptors are at risk across the world, with more than 50% of species in decline. Making matters even more complicated, many species are so understudied that we don’t know the status of their populations. That’s particularly true of one group of raptors—owls—a group that, despite being quite common in pop culture, is still quite understudied.