Notes from the Field

For a moment, it seemed like another setback for Secretarybirds. Director of International Programs, Dr. Megan Murgatroyd, watched the map as a female Secretarybird she tagged with a transmitter moved further and further away from her nest. “I thought she had abandoned the nest,” Meg shared.  Over the following days, her movements revealed an unexpected […]

The Secretarybird is a charismatic raptor of African landscapes. With its distinctive long legs and feathered crest, this species is both genetically and morphologically unique. Sadly, Secretarybirds are classified as Endangered, with populations rapidly declining due to habitat loss, climate change, and direct threats such as collisions with fences, power lines, and more recently, with

The Flores Hawk-eagle is ranked as the most understudied and threatened accipiter in the world (Buechley et al. 2021; RCPI 0.95). In an effort to learn more about this Critically Endangered species and enhance their conservation, we have partnered with Usep Suparman and his team at the Raptor Conservation Society in Indonesia, who have been

Around the world conservationists are working towards more sustainable power solutions and wind energy has emerged as a leading source of renewable energy. Over the past decade, the wind energy industry in South Africa has grown significantly. There are now more than 30 utility-scale operational wind farms that supply energy to power approximately 3.6 million

After nearly a year of work, we wanted to take a moment to survey the successes so far of the 2023 awardees of the Global Raptor Research & Conservation Grant. Each awardee has now completed a substantial amount of fieldwork as they work to close gaps in knowledge about things like population levels, breeding, and