Over the last six years, HawkWatch International has banded over 500 owls and mapped over 3,000 tree cavities as part of the Following Forest Owl program, an effort to close “knowledge gaps” that exist for a number of small, cavity-nesting owl species. The cavities used by these owls are also important to other wildlife, including […]
Join the HawkWatch International crew and some of our Raptor Ambassadors for the opportunity to observe live birds of prey up close and examine a variety of specimens-feathers, eggs, and claws! Discover how to identify common birds in your communities, learn about raptors, and find out how you can participate in conserving raptors and our […]
Join HawkWatch International at the Discovery Gateway Museum for Reading with Raptors! During this monthly program, children meet one of HWI's Raptor Ambassadors while reading a storybook that matches the bird they've just met. They'll learn about raptors and enjoy a great story. Included with admission to the museum; no registration is necessary! This program […]
Join the HawkWatch International crew and some of our Raptor Ambassadors for the opportunity to observe live birds of prey up close and examine a variety of specimens-feathers, eggs, and claws! Discover how to identify common birds in your communities, learn about raptors, and find out how you can participate in conserving raptors and our […]
Join HawkWatch International at NHMU's eighth-annual DinoFest on January 27-28, 2024. While you learn from paleontologists about how dinosaurs lived, fought, and healed in the Mesozoic era, you can meet present day dinosaurs and find out how they have changed. How do raptors hunt? Do raptors fight like dinosaurs? Do raptors heal when they are […]
Join HawkWatch International at NHMU's eighth-annual DinoFest on January 27-28, 2024. While you learn from paleontologists about how dinosaurs lived, fought, and healed in the Mesozoic era, you can meet present day dinosaurs and find out how they have changed. How do raptors hunt? Do raptors fight like dinosaurs? Do raptors heal when they are […]
Join HawkWatch International at the Discovery Gateway Museum for Reading with Raptors! During this monthly program, children meet one of HWI's Raptor Ambassadors while reading a storybook that matches the bird they've just met. They'll learn about raptors and enjoy a great story. Included with admission to the museum; no registration is necessary! This program […]
Join HawkWatch International at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge to celebrate Eagle Day! Joined by our friends from the Ogden Nature Center, we've come to talk all things eagles: where they live, how they hunt, what threats they face, and more! Come by and meet a live eagle face to face and find out […]
Join HawkWatch International at the Eccles Wildlife Education Center to talk all things eagles: where they live, how they hunt, what threats they face, and more! Come by and meet a live eagle face to face and find out what you can do to help protect them for generations to come! This event is made […]
Join the HawkWatch International crew and some of our Raptor Ambassadors for the opportunity to observe live birds of prey up close and examine a variety of specimens-feathers, eggs, and claws! Discover how to identify common birds in your communities, learn about raptors, and find out how you can participate in conserving raptors and our […]
While you learn about Mesozoic dinosaurs like the Utah Raptor, stop by and meet their modern day relatives: birds of prey! What traits to dinosaurs and modern raptors share? Where do these birds live? What threats do they face? Learn all of this and more with paid admission to the NHMU. Find admission information on […]
HWI is looking for volunteers! Through our Cavity Adopting Raptor Ecology Studies (CARES) we monitor hundreds of nest boxes housing American Kestrels, Western Screech-owls, and more across the diverse landscapes of Utah’s Wasatch Front, Tuscon, AZ, and the Idaho/Washington border. Community scientists will be assigned a box (or several!) to monitor throughout the nesting season. […]
