We are so endlessly grateful for our hawkwatching community. Thank you!
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1. Dave Barry (Jenner Headlands Hawkwatch)
2. Jess Cosentino (Waggoner's Gap)
3. Ryan Phillips (Belize Raptor Watch)
4. Nina Osborne (Iowa Raptor Project)
5. Daena Ford (Braddock Bay)
6. Esther Vallejo (Tropicos Colombia)

Welcome to our new series: Raptors of South America!

Each installment highlights fascinating and emblematic raptors that spend most of their lives in the southern latitudes.

Today’s feature: the Hook-billed Kite!

One of the most spectacular late raptor migration sights to witness is the Golden Eagle, which often leaves its breeding grounds in Northern Alaska and Canada for wintering grounds when lasting snowfall occurs or when prey hibernates and becomes less abundant.
📷 of Golden Eagle by Wendy Miller

Join us on November 19th at Noon EST for our Lunch and Learn, where Bruce Murphy from the Hilliardton Marsh Research and Education Center in Ontario will be speaking about owls of the boreal forest.

Please click the link below to register:
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We are grateful to our friends at the Belize Hawk Watch for all they do to monitor and conserve raptors. Support their research efforts with a T-shirt purchase! All funds support sustaining their count and tracking important species like Hook-billed Kites!
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Is it starting to feel chilly up on your hawkwatch?
Stay warm in style with cozy HMA gear! Our hooded sweatshirts are now just $35, and knit beanies only $20, perfect for those crisp migration mornings. Stock is limited, so grab yours before they fly off the shelves!
www.hawkmigration.org/shop/

Thinking of starting your own Hawkwatch? The answer to whether you should or not isn't simple, but HMA Chair Brian Wargo is here to help! Whatever you decide to do, be sure to get hawkwatching!
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Check out the latest news from teachers in Michigan engaging with raptor migration!
This includes fun events, and great resources for educators!
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We want to make sure we’re connected with all the Hawk Watches this fall!
Help us stay updated on your counts by tagging your official hawkwatch page below. That way, we—and everyone else—can follow along with the incredible migration happening across the Americas!
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We are excited to welcome Jessy Wilson from Boise State University for this month's Lunch and Learn on September 17th at Noon EST! Jessy will speak about her master's thesis research, in which she investigates the breeding ecology of American Goshawks.
Sign up at the link in our bio!

Broad-winged Hawks are on the move! Have you seen any at your Hawkwatch yet this season?! And remember to visit HawkCount.org to find a Hawkwatch near you!
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We at HMA strongly support the continuation of the Bird Banding Lab (BBL), which has been operating since 1920.

📷: Banded Sharp-shinned Hawk by USGS Bird Banding Lab's Fall Migration Station

For more information see: www.usgs.gov/labs/bird-ba...

Summertime doesn’t mean the hawkwatching is over!

Now is the perfect time to view raptors up close, as they demonstrate interesting breeding behavior, including the Osprey.

View them nesting and raising young at a water body near you this summer!

Photo credit: Vic Berardi

Join us on Wednesday, June 18th at Noon EST for our June Lunch and Learn, as we are excited to welcome Kenneth Acuña Vargas and Randall A. Montoya Solano, who will be speaking about the Ecovida Hawkwatch in Costa Rica!
Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We are excited to announce the creation of a new grant opportunity beginning in 2025 to support Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) at hawkwatch sites.

Applications are due by April 15, 2025. To apply, visit our IDEA Committee page: www.hawkmigration.org/inclusion-di...

Join us March 26th @ Noon EST for our Lunch and Learn program! This month, we feature Antonio (Tony) Celis, Chief of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Bird Banding Lab (BBL) where he will show us an overview of the program and its future vision!
Register now:
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Do you love counting raptors? Want to support raptor conservation? Now is the time to gather your team for our annual Raptorthon (March 1- May31)!

Check out www.hawkmigration.org/raptorthon/

Photo of counter Emma Riley with her 2022 team at Dinosaur Ridge Hawk Watch

After 50 years of raptor monitoring and conservation as the Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA), we are announcing our name change to the Hawk Migration Association (HMA) to better reflect our scope of work.

For more information: www.hawkmigration.org/winds-of-cha...