Raptors, also known as birds of prey, are powerful hunters that dominate their ecosystems, but their importance stretches far beyond their predatory prowess. Research into raptors—including eagles, hawks, falcons, and vultures—is not only beneficial for the birds themselves but also plays a crucial role in understanding and protecting environmental and human health. Raptors and Environmental […]
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Endings are hard. Our 2023 Global Raptor Grant awardees have wrapped up their projects and are ready to share with you all they have accomplished over the last year and a half. Thanks to support from Kaddas Enterprises, these awardees focused on studying and conserving some of the most at-risk raptor species around the world.
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What has been happening at the ‘watches? Check out these updates from our fantastic 2024 Fall Raptor Migration Monitoring Crew Members! Grand Canyon It’s been a busy season at the Grand Canyon HawkWatch, with the season total so far already over 5,000 migrants! It’s been an above-average season for Ospreys, and the 2024 count season
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What has been happening at the ‘watches? Check out these updates from our fantastic 2024 Fall Raptor Migration Monitoring Crew Members! Bonney Butte HawkWatch It has been a great season at the Bonney Butte HawkWatch so far, with 2,738 birds counted as of October 14th. Highlights include counting 1,000 birds before the end of September
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When you can count 600,000+ raptors in a single season, there’s no more fitting way to describe the experience than to say that it rocks. Over 100 youth in the Coastal Bend learned just how much “Hazel rocks” last month during the annual Celebration of Flight festival in Corpus Christi, Texas. With support from the
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