Spring migration is flying by—literally! We are about halfway through the Gunsight Mountain HawkWatch count and three-quarters through the Tubac HawkWatch count. Our incredible crew members are here to update you on the count, wildlife encounters, generous visitors, and after-work adventures! Our crew could not do this work without the support of generous donors like […]
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This year’s field season for our Raptor Conservation Interns has already started off with a bang. Our team has seen several nests in this early season, including a Northern Saw-whet Owl with eight eggs! It has been a few years since we’ve monitored a Saw-whet nest as part of our Cavity Adopting Raptor Ecology Studies
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When creating merchandise for a scientific organization, it is sometimes challenging to mesh accuracy and artistic creativity together. We want to create pieces for you that showcase raptors respectfully as well as capture their beauty. We think that Becca Hallstedt has done just that with our latest collaboration. From the first draft we received of
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For me tilted wings framed by my window forebears emerging springSome find nodding daffodils the deliverer of winter’s demiseOthers the green crocus blades as prognosticators of season change These sleeping residents awaked from their cold beds with Vernal’s kiss,Flowering from successes of springs pastThrusting from energy of colorful ancestors they are icons of stability But
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Gunsight is our second newest site, with HawkWatch International crews conducting full-season counts starting in 2016. While this will be the 7th full season of HWI teams counting, our local friends and partners have counted for shorter spans and visited Gunsight Mountain since the 1970s! Even so, the nature of the site still makes it
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