HawkWatch International understands the value of hands-on experience. We also recognize that it isn’t always easy to have access to these opportunities. Oftentimes, early career professionals are faced with a dilemma—most positions that will provide them with the experience they need are severely underpaid if they offer compensation at all. HWI’s American Kestrel Conservation Internship […]

Have you ever wondered where the name “Gunsight” comes from? The mountain our HawkWatch shares a home with has a deep half-circle dip in the peak, resembling a gunsight on a weapon. Gunsight is a relatively new name, documented by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1952. The mountain has also been called “Siz’aani” by the

Raptors can be elusive animals to work with, and even more so when researching Endangered and understudied species. Our awardees have been hard at work playing their own game of “Where’s Waldo” with their study species. Whether it be trying to observe owls in hard-to-access field sites or getting vultures to reveal their breeding locations,