Most of us at HawkWatch International not only love raptors; we also love everything to do with the great outdoors and spending as much time outside as possible. Recreating in spaces that our raptor friends and other wildlife call home, however, comes with a responsibility. In this blog, I’ll talk about the recent growth in […]
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“What a cool job!” “Are you a volunteer- this isn’t an actual job, right?” “How do I get a fun job like yours?” It seems that every time I’m out at a program with one of our Ambassador Birds on my arm, I hear variations of these comments from our learners. And to be honest
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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
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Accipitrines (formerly grouped as accipiters before the taxonomic divisions in 2024) are famously tough to tell apart—even giving raptor experts pause. Before we dive in, we want to drive home that sometimes it will be impossible to make a firm ID call. Leaving an ID at “accipitrine” is perfectly okay, especially when you don’t have
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TUBAC, ARIZONA—HawkWatch International is excited to announce it will be partnering with the Tubac Nature Center to run the Tubac HawkWatch beginning February 15, 2024. Tubac will be the eighth location in HawkWatch International’s network of migration monitoring sites and will become the second spring site in the current network. The site is unique in
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