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Join us in celebrating 10 years since our first season of the Gunsight Mountain HawkWatch! It has been our honor to lead the count at this site, and we are grateful for every Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk and Golden Eagle that fly by, sharing their stories with us year after year. We also want to say

Working with Endangered Secretarybirds is not something our team takes lightly. These stunning birds are an honor to learn more about, especially when so much remains unknown. In light of recent rapid declines, our team is uncovering causes of breeding failures, identifying ways to improve nesting success, and learning about their movement ecology. We’ve seen

The spring raptor migration is here! We kicked off our spring count at the Tubac HawkWatch on February 15th, with our two crew members, and many local friends and partners, counting through April 30th. We hope you’ll visit the site to witness the migration of uncommon US species, such as Gray, Short-tailed, and Common Black

Golden Eagles are a Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) in Utah due to habitat loss, prey declines, and human-caused mortality. Golden Eagles in the West Desert are among the best-studied in the world, with long-running nest monitoring, banding, satellite tracking, and prey monitoring efforts, making Utah an ideal study site for our Golden Eagle