Hawk Migration Association

February Lunch & Learn: National Audubon's Migratory Bird Initiative and Bird Migration Explorer Programs
2024-02-21 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Detroit)
Wednesday, February 21, 12pm ET
For our February Lunch & Learn series, we will be hearing from Audubon’s Senior Coordinator of Avian Biology, Chad Witko. Chad will present on Audubon’s Migratory Bird Initiative and Bird Migration Explorer. The mission of the Migratory Bird Initiative is to secure the future of migratory birds in the Western Hemisphere by reducing direct threats and protecting critical places across the Americas in coordination with science, conservation, and policy partners. The Initiative brings together the latest spatial information on species distributions and movements across their annual cycles to identify priority areas for 458 species of migratory birds that regularly occur in the United States and Canada. The Bird Migration Explorer guides viewers to the heroic annual journeys made by over 450 bird species and the challenges they face.
Speaker Bio: Chad Witko is the Senior Coordinator of Avian Biology for the National Audubon Society’s Migratory Bird Initiative. Before working at Audubon to help secure the future of migratory birds in the Western Hemisphere, Chad worked on various avian research, conservation, and education projects across the United States since working for Project Puffin in 2004. A lifelong birder with strong bird identification and distribution knowledge, Chad serves as an eBird reviewer for Windham, VT. As an ornithologist, he is most interested in migration, patterns of vagrancy, and seabirds. As a birder, Chad believes in community engagement and is the founder of the Antioch Bird Club. He currently lives in southeastern Vermont with his partner and daughter.
This program is FREE and open to all. Registration is required, please click the link below to register.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsfuyuqz8tHN1Z-4aPS12OYDYmXIYVirqt
For those not able to join via Zoom, we will livestream the program on our HMANA Facebook page as well.

Turkey Vultures: Fascinating scavengers and nature's clean up crew
2024-01-24 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Detroit)
Join us for HMANA’s January Lunch & Learn on Wednesday Jan 24 at 12pm when we welcome back raptor expert, Bill Clark to speak about Vultures!

This is a virtual event on Zoom. Open and free to all but registration is required.

The Turkey Vulture is a New World Vulture that occurs widely in the Americas, but barely into Canada. Although they have had a bad reputation in the past, nowadays they have an expanding group of fans & devotees. Bill will discuss its plumages, identification, feeding and scavenging behavior, night roosts, nesting, migration, and other interesting aspects of the life of this common widespread scavenger. Also covered will be changes in its taxonomy, other New World vultures (including two similar species in the same genus), and why they are sometimes called buzzards.

Bio:
Bill Clark is a photographer, author, researcher, and lecturer and has over 50 years experience working with birds of prey, including 5 years as Director of NWF’s Raptor Information Center. He has published numerous articles on raptor subjects; has traveled extensively world-wide studying, observing, and photographing raptors; and regularly led raptor and birding tours and workshops, both home and abroad, with Raptours, which is now being run by his colleague, Sergio Seipke. He has been living in the Rio Grande Valley since 2002. He regularly teaches evening and weekend courses on raptor field identification and biology and frequently presents lectures on raptor subjects. Bill has written a raptor field guide for Europe, another for Mexico and Central America and yet another for Africa. He is a coauthor of the Photographic Guide to North American Raptors and the completely revised Peterson series guide, Hawks. He has on-going research projects on Harlan’s Hawk, White-tailed Hawk, and Harris’s Hawk.

Please click the link below to register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZYkcOygrT0jHdcyAFBGfevQu1Qzm…
For those not on Zoom, we will also live stream this program on our Facebook page

Lead Impacts on Wildlife: What it is and how to talk about it
2023-10-25 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Detroit)
Rarely does an ecological problem arise with a clear, tangible, and positive solution. Over the past 20 years, a growing body of evidence has clearly identified both a significant, ubiquitous conservation issue and the solution to that issue. While lead poisoning in wildlife has been identified since the 1890’s, the issue continues to persist with raptors and scavengers ingesting lead from hunted big-game, upland birds, varmints, and fishing tackle.
Our October 2023 Lunch & Learn we welcome Hannah Leonard who will cover how lead poisoning impacts certain wildlife species, how different sporting activities introduce lead into the environment, and how education and awareness can be used to solve a human caused issue. With a contentious issue such as this, we hope you will leave the presentation with new messaging tactics and knowledge for positive behavioral change for conservation!
Hannah Leonard is the Program Director for Sporting Lead-Free, a non-political, educational initiative working to reduce inadvertent lead consumption by wildlife and people through the voluntary choice of lead-free ammunition and tackle. Hannah’s first connection to lead-free sporting came from encountering a leaded golden eagle while hunting with a family friend in southwest Montana. This experience ignited a desire to educate others in the use of non-lead alternatives.
This program is FREE and open to all. Registration is required, please click the link below to register.

A Call to Protect: The Threat of Illegal Hunting to Migrating Raptors in Colombia
2023-09-20 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Detroit)
Join us for another in our Lunch & Learn series as we welcome back Esther Viviana Vallejo Santamaria who will present the most recent information about the threat of illegal hunting that still persists to migrating raptors in Colombia. These birds play a vital role in our ecosystems, and yet, their very existence is jeopardized by the reckless actions of illegal hunters. She will share the data collected through the project “Conserving migrating raptors in Colombia” with a call to protect these magnificent creatures and preserve our ecosystems.
Speaker Bio: Esther Vallejo is a Colombian biologist and has been working with birds for ten years, with experience in wildlife management, conservation, consulting and environmental education. The first time Esther saw the migration was at the largest migration site in the world, Veracruz River of Raptors in Mexico. She never saw the sky again with the same eyes. She continued learning about raptors and migration as a conservation science trainee at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. After completing her traineeship, she returned to Colombia and founded the NGO “TROPICOS Colombia”. The aim of this organization is to contribute to conservation initiatives and to support the creation of an official long-term raptor migration count site in central Colombia. She became the director of this initiative called “Conserving migrating raptors in Colombia”.
This program is FREE and open to all. Registration is required, please click the link below to register.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwuf-6hqDMpE9K74FnuMwBs1SgK2fk_x9Ce
For those not able to join via Zoom, we will stream the program on our Facebook page as well.

International Hawk Migration Week
2023-09-16 - 2023-09-26
Join watch sites throughout North America during International Hawk Migration Week (IHMW) to enjoy the annual spectacle of fall raptor migration and help raise awareness of hawks, hawk migration, and the HMANA network of sites that make Hawkcount an invaluable resource.
This particular week in mid to late September was chosen due to the sheer number of raptors that are counted across North America. Last year, 113 sites throughout Canada, the United States and Mexico tallied over 700,000 migrating raptors during IHMW.
Here are some ways you can celebrate!

Head out to your favorite hawk watch or visit a new site.
Introduce a friend or young person to hawk watching.
Organize a HMANA membership drive or raise money for a sponsorship of your favorite site’s HawkCount page (September is fundraising month for the database!)
Participate in a Big Day count, attend a hawk watching festival or have a hawk watch site cookout to celebrate hawk migration!
Consider supporting your local hawk watch with a site membership or HMANA membership.

Lunch & Learn Series: Tracking Red-shouldered Hawks
2023-08-23 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Detroit)
Join us for another in the series of Lunch & Learns where we welcome John Jacobs to share about his Red-shouldered Hawk telemetry research. John and his brother, Eugene Jacobs are attempting to determine the breeding range, nest site fidelity, breeding habitat use, migration timing and routes, wintering areas and wintering habitat used by Red-shouldered Hawks (Buteo lineatus) that breed in Wisconsin. Join us for another in the series of lunch & learns where we welcome John Jacobs to share about this important telemetry data and research.

John Jacobs has been passionate about hawks since his early twenties, having studied them since 1971. With a Bachelor of Science degree from St. Norbert College and a Master of Environmental Science degree from UW-Green Bay, he was the Curator of Science at the Neville Public Museum of Brown County, Wisconsin for 32 years. He has been on the Board of Northeastern Wisconsin Audubon Society for more than 35 years, often serving as president. Retiring from the museum in 2013 allowed him to turn his research on Red-shouldered Hawks into a full-time commitment. He and his wife of over 40 years, Mary, have 2 sons and 3 grandchildren and live in Green Bay.
This program is FREE but requires registration. Please use the link below to register.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register HERE.
For those that cannot join us on Zoom, we will live stream this event on our Facebook page.

Tracking Red-shouldered Hawks with John Jacobs
2023-08-16 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Detroit)
John and Eugene Jacobs are attempting to determine the breeding range, nest site fidelity, breeding habitat use, migration timing and routes, wintering areas and wintering habitat used by Red-shouldered Hawks (Buteo lineatus) that breed in Wisconsin. Join us for another in the series of Lunch & Learns where we welcome John Jacobs to share about this important telemetry data and research.
John Jacobs has been passionate about hawks since his early twenties, having studied them since 1971. With a Bachelor of Science degree from St. Norbert College and a Master of Environmental Science degree from UW-Green Bay, he was the Curator of Science at the Neville Public Museum of Brown County, Wisconsin for 32 years. He has been on the Board of Northeastern Wisconsin Audubon Society for more than 35 years, often serving as president. Retiring from the museum in 2013 allowed him to turn his research on Red-shouldered Hawks into a full-time commitment. He and his wife of over 40 years, Mary, have 2 sons and 3 grandchildren and live in Green Bay.
This program is FREE but requires registration. Please use the link below to register.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtf-Cgpz0iEteYM5vIoEi8S2LHQY-ybsSC
For those that cannot join us on Zoom, we will live stream this event on our Facebook page

July Lunch & Learn - The Enigmatic Hook-billed Kite
2023-07-19 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Detroit)
The Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus) is a highly specialized, snail eating Neotropical raptor with a wide distribution that has received little research attention despite local declines occurring. It was once considered to be non-migratory, but Ryan and his team have documented a significant (5,000-9,000) migration of Hook-billed Kites in Belize and have studied this migration for the past 10 years. The past 10 years of the team’s research was recently published in the Journal of Field Ornithology. Ryan will share their findings and how important this concentration point and migratory corridor in the Neotropical gem of Belize is for this Neotropical raptor and others (Double-toothed Kite, Plumbeous Kite, and Swallow-tailed Kite).
Ryan A. Phillips has focused his work on avian ecology and conservation in California and Belize, Central America. Ryan received a B.Sc. in Wildlife, Conservation Biology and Fisheries with a specialization in Ornithology from the University of California at Davis and a M.Sc. in Environmental Studies at San Jose State University studying Neotropical raptor migration. He has been an Adjunct Instructor at De Anza College in the Kirsch Center for Environmental Studies since 2008. Ryan has worked with a wide variety of species, including non-avian species, focusing on their ecology and threats to assist with assessing their status and implementing conservation efforts. Ryan is the Director and Founder of the Belize Hawk Watch with the Belize Bird Conservancy, a non-profit organization he co-founded in 2009. He has been studying Neotropical raptors since 2004, where he lived in Belize as a Field Biologist for The Peregrine Fund on the Belize Harpy Eagle Restoration Project to assist in restoring a population and study the ecology of post-released captive-bred eagles. During that time and beyond, he also monitored nests of the rare Orange-breasted Falcon and studied Neotropical species which there is little information on such as Solitary Eagle, Stygian Owl, Ornate Hawk-Eagle, and Hook-billed Kite. Since 2016, Ryan has been part of a Burrowing Owl Recovery Team in California to save the Burrowing Owl from local extirpation in the San Francisco Bay Area.
This program is FREE but requires registration. Please use the link below to register.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtceGqrT0oEtGQdx3HFIa8WfnAc4g1y8iy
For those that cannot join us on Zoom, we will live stream this event on our Facebook page.

June Lunch & Learn - Tracking Broad-winged Hawks
2023-06-21 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Detroit)
In 2014 Hawk Mountain Sanctuary launched a full annual cycle study of the Broad-winged Hawk. Almost a decade later, Sanctuary biologists are continuing to uncover the mysteries of this long-distance migrant. Rebecca McCabe will provide an update on the project with a focus on movement data from telemetry-tracked broad-winged hawks.
Rebecca received her B.S. in Environmental Biology at Millersville University (2013), and then earned her M.S. in Biology at East Stroudsburg University (2016) studying the nesting behavior of broad-winged hawks in Pennsylvania. In December 2021, Rebecca defended her Ph.D. research at McGill University studying snowy owl ecology and survival rate in winter, which research suggests is a critical time in this species’ life. Rebecca joined the staff full time at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in May 2021, serving as one of the Sanctuary’s biologists. She continues researching broad-winged hawks and snowy owls and is involved in the Sanctuary’s long-term American kestrel project. She also assists with other various aspects of conservation science, including the trainee program, advising undergraduate and graduate students and science-education outreach.
This program is FREE but requires registration. Please use the link below to register.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpduuhrzkoE9b2XeejCZwA34jruAgF9JSu
For those that cannot join us on Zoom, we will live stream this event on our Facebook page.

Lunch & Learn Series: RaptorQuest: Chasing America’s Raptors
2023-05-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Detroit)
Scott Harris spent 16 months, chasing 55 Raptors across 34 states—his version of a Raptor Big Year. Scott is going to share about his adventures, misadventures, successes and failures. From -36 degree days, to ones over 100 degrees, to just getting on the bird in time, to the frustrations of missing one by minutes. It’s about the birds—of course—but it’s also about the people he met, the things he learned and why he’s already working on his next adventure.
Scott Harris and his wife Randi retired to South Carolina in March of 2020. It was also when he first started birding – a hobby he never imagined himself participating in, but now can’t imagine living without. They sold their long-time home and business, Mustang Marketing, a marketing/branding company they had owned for 35 years. They are blessed that both their children and their grandson are also in South Carolina. His book, RaptorQuest: Chasing America’s Raptors, is the story of his year-long adventure tracking down every species of Raptor in the Lower 48 states. This program is FREE, however registration is required. Please us the link below to register.
Zoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrc-GhqT8tGNSwOI9Mxfz0PesMFulfXNqG
For those that cannot connect via zoom, we will stream the program LIVE on our Facebook page.

Lunch & Learn Series: Targeting the Threats to Non-Target Raptors
2023-04-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Detroit)
American Bird Conservancy’s Pesticides and Birds Campaign is dedicated to reducing threats to birds from toxic pesticides and lead, particularly from rodenticides and ammunition. Policy may not seem like the most exciting area, but new studies from scientists, new emphasis from the EPA, and bold statements from the US Fish and Wildlife Service promise to make 2023 an exhilarating year for conservation. Learn about what ABC and our partners are doing to support Hawks and other Raptors and get up to speed on the threats facing birds of prey.

Hardy Kern is Director of Government Relations for ABC’s Pesticides and Birds Campaign. Hardy is an avid birder with a passion for conservation and politics. Hardy holds a BS in Zoology from The Ohio State University and a Master of Public Administration from Kent State University. Hardy also volunteers as a wildlife rehabilitator with Ohio Wildlife Center. This program is FREE, however registration is requirements. Please see registration link below.
Zoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpdeCurjMoG919RKlK0fGG6eSLZmLC5AWP
For those that cannot connect via zoom, we will stream the program LIVE on our Facebook page.

Lunch & Learn: Home range dynamics and juvenile movements of Gray Hawks in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX
2023-03-15 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Detroit)
March 2023 Lunch & Learn Presentation Series
Mike Stewart is a Texas A&M PhD student studying Gray Hawks. He will be joining us to discuss his Masters research which will be featured in the upcoming issue of Journal of Raptor Research. For his studies, he used GPS-GSM telemetry to quantify dispersal time and distance, winter home range size of juveniles, and home range size of adult Gray Hawks. Join us on Wednesday, March 15 at 12pm ET for a look at this fascinating species where Mike will share the findings from his research.
Zoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMud-yvqjoiHN1T8gLzvwXXKSJgg03K2_rO
For those that cannot connect via zoom, we will stream the program LIVE on our Facebook page.

Raptor Migration Worldwide by Bill Clark
2023-02-15 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Detroit)
More than half of the World’s species of diurnal raptors perform annual migrations, especially those populations in higher northern and southern latitudes. However, the entire population migrates in only a few species. Beginning with North America, Bill Clark will show photographs of and discuss some of the locations on five continents where people regularly gather to count raptors. He will show many of the raptors counted at each site, present some count data, and give some of his personal experiences at many of these sites. Some count sites differ in how the raptors pass. He will use many maps from Raptor Watch and present some data from Migration Ecology of Birds.

Bill Clark is a photographer, author, researcher, and lecturer and has over 50 years experience working with birds of prey, including 5 years as Director of NWF’s Raptor Information Center. He has published numerous articles on raptor subjects; has traveled extensively world-wide studying, observing, and photographing raptors; and regularly led raptor and birding tours and workshops, both home and abroad, with Raptours, which is now being run by his colleague, Sergio Seipke. Bill is a recent addition to the HMANA board of directors.
He has been living in the Rio Grande Valley since 2002. He regularly teaches evening and weekend courses on raptor field identification and biology and frequently presents lectures on raptor subjects.
Bill has written a raptor field guide for Europe, another for Mexico and Central America and yet another for Africa. He is a coauthor of the Photographic Guide to North American Raptors and the completely revised Peterson series guide, Hawks.

This program is FREE but registration through Zoom is required to get the link to join.

Zoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZMrcuGupzkoGd34zP75pULFCkXuh…
For those that cannot connect via zoom, we will stream the program LIVE on our Facebook page.

Snowy Owls; Nomads of the Arctic
2023-01-25 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Detroit)
This presentation will review recent results from Hawk Mountain Sanctuary’s research program. The audience will witness how they manage to monitor these highly mobile and unpredictable predatory birds throughout consecutive years via a slide show depicting field work situations.

JF Therrien grew up in Sherbrooke, Canada, about 30 minutes from the border with Vermont. He has a bachelors degree in biology at the Université de Sherbrooke (2003), a masters degree in biology at Université Laval, Canada (2006) and a Ph.D. in biology at Université Laval, Canada (2011). He has been the Senior Research Biologist at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary since 2011, working on various aspects of raptor conservation science such as satellite tracking of Peregrine Falcons, Turkey Vultures and Snowy Owls, monitoring American Kestrel breeding populations and monitoring raptor migration around the globe.

This program is FREE but registration on Zoom is required to get the link to join.

Zoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZUscuGgrD4rGNP7Ix…
For those that cannot join on Zoom, we will stream the session LIVE on our Facebook page.

Global Young Birders Weekend (virtual event)
2022-10-15 - 2022-10-17
Black Swamp Bird Observatory’s Global Young Birder’s Weekend.
A virtual event connecting young birders 18 and under.

Denver Field Ornithologists: Field Trip to Dinosaur Ridge Hawk Watch, CO
2022-10-15 09:00 (America/Detroit)
Join DFO seasoned hawk watchers at the site where DFO conducts its spring migration birds-of-prey count with the support of partners Denver Audubon, Colorado Field Ornithologists, Jefferson County Open Space and Hawk Watch Migration Association of North America.
Register for this or other programs

Denver Field Ornithologists: Hawks in Flight ID Skills (virtual program)
2022-10-12 19:00 (America/Detroit)
Dave Hill, chair of DFO’s Hawk Watch Committee will present on field marks to look for when observing raptors in migration. This free session is for birders of all ages. Participants will learn to identify locally seen hawk species in flight using shape, plumage, and flight styles that distinguish each from the others. You must register in advance. A link to the Zoom webinar will be sent to you.
Register for this or other programs

Denver Field Ornithologists: Raptor Identification with Nature’s Educators
2022-10-09 10:00 (America/Detroit)
Raptor Identification with Nature’s Educators
This in-person event features live falcons, hawks, and eagles from Nature’s Educators, an acclaimed Colorado wildlife outreach organization. The event will take place in the Lois Webster Amphitheater at Denver Audubon’s Kingery Nature Center, 11280 Waterton Road, Littleton. Participants will learn how to identify eight raptor species found along Colorado’s Front Range. The program will also cover habitat and conservation measures. Bring your cameras and questions for an encounter that will provide a truer perspective on the size of these birds of prey. The event will take place rain or shine.
Cost is $10 for DFO members and $12 for nonmembers. This program is for adults only (age 18 and up). You must register in advance. No refunds. All proceeds benefit the Denver Field Ornithologists Hawk Watch program at Dinosaur Ridge.
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Raptor ID Workshop with Bill Clark/Smith Point Hawk Watch Celebration, TX
2022-09-30 - 2022-10-03
The Gulf Coast Bird Observatory is pleased to host: Raptor Identification Workshop With William S. Clark. This workshop will take place September 30 and October 2, 2022.
Details and how to register HERE.

Hawk Ridge 50th Anniversary Celebration
2022-09-22 - 2022-09-26
Celebrating 50 years at Hawk Ridge
Theme: 50 Years and Counting (1972-2022) Celebration of Past, Present, and Future
We invite you to join us for this special celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve & raptor research at Hawk Ridge! The Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve was established in 1972, which also was the first year of full-time standardized fall raptor migration count and raptor banding research. Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, the 501(c)3 nonprofit and management entity of the nature reserve, is holding the 50th Anniversary Event & Festival. Please join us in celebration and support of the Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve and the bird conservation efforts there today and for the future!

Pack Monadnock Raptor Release, NH
2022-09-18 13:00 (America/Detroit)
Join the Harris Center and Wings of the Dawn for the long-awaited release of several birds of prey that have been in raptor rehabilitator Maria Colby’s care due to injury or illness. Harris Center naturalists will also be on hand to discuss the raptor migration. Come be part of the excitement as these raptors get a second chance at freedom!

The Hawk Watch will be operating all day, but the raptor release will commence promptly at 1 p.m. Plan to arrive early, as there may be crowds.

Although registration is not required for this event, reservations are required for visiting Miller State Park, along with a modest entrance fee. Spaces are going fast, so book your driving or hiking pass today on the Miller State Park website.

More info HERE.

Hawk Fest, Lake Erie Metropark, MI
2022-09-17 - 2022-09-19
Hawkfest is back in full force at Lake Erie Metropark! Join Detroit Audubon and many other organizations as we bask in the beauty of Fall hawk migration.
Hawkfest at Lake Erie Metropark
Date: Saturday September 17 & Sunday September 18
Time: 10 am to 4 pm
Location: Lake Erie Metropark
HAWKFEST is a celebration for the whole family, focusing on birds of prey (eagles, hawks, falcons, and owls) and the annual fall hawk migration over Lake Erie Metropark. An awesome weekend of games, crafts, guest speakers, and fun. Live birds of prey will be on hand. All ages. This is a FREE Event.
Be sure to visit the Detroit Audubon table as well as other vendors and get down to the boat launch to view the hawk migration and look at the day’s tally!
Directions: Take I-75 to Gibraltar Road. Go east toward Gibraltar, turn right on Jefferson and drive south to the park entrance on your left. Metropark entrance fee or sticker required.

Rockfish Gap Annual Open House, VA
2022-09-17 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Detroit)
Where the Raptors Soar! – A Day at the Hawk Watch
An open house event at Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Saturday, Sept 17, 2022. 10am – 3pm
More info on Rockfish Gap here
Rockfish Gap Open House 2022

Lunch & Learn Series: Raptor Banding Research At Hawk Ridge, MN
2021-08-18 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
HMANA’s Lunch & Learn Series – Raptor Banding Research at Hawk Ridge, MN

Wednesday, August 18 at 12 pm EST

Banding and counting of raptors at Hawk Ridge has occurred consistently since 1972. This presentation, led by University of Minnesota Masters Student, Emily Pavlovic, will give an overview of the banding program including the techniques used at Hawk Ridge to safely band and study raptors. Emily will also discuss some of the current research being conducted by graduate students at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
Click HERE to register on Zoom.

This is a free program but limited to 100 attendees. For those not able to join via Zoom, we will stream the session LIVE on our Facebook page as well

HMANA Virtual Raptor Conference
2021-07-28 - 2021-07-31
Join us Wed. July 28-Sat. July 31 as HMANA hosts its first virtual raptor conference!
Since 1974 HMANA has hosted a conference every three-to-four years. Join us online for our sixteenth symposium!
The conference is open for registration. Register for the full conference, one day, or one session!
HMANA hosts the conference with the support of partner organizations and sponsors Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, HawkWatch International, Michigan Audubon, the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Alliance, Swarovski Optik of North America, and more!
Visit the conference webpage for all of the details on speakers and sessions and to register!

Lunch & Learn Series: The GREAT Great Lakes Hawkwatch
2021-06-23 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Join us Wed. June 23 at 12 pm EST as HMANA welcomes Rob Spaul with an exciting new program bringing citizen hawkwatchers across the Great Lakes together to conduct counts outside the traditional migratory sites.
Called the GREAT Great Lakes Hawkwatch, partner organizations aim to foster community scientists in conducting standardized raptor migration counts, outside of traditionally monitored hawkwatch sites, while raising a collective voice for raptor conservation.
In partnership with the Toronto Ornithological Club, the Ontario Field Ornithologists, the Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch, Holiday Beach Migration Observatory, Hawk Cliff Hawk Watch, Hawkwatch International, and Birds Canada, HMANA is supporting and recruiting participants for a two-day dispersed hawkwatch event that unifies the hawkwatch and expert birding communities.
Register on Zoom HERE
This is a free program but limited to 100 attendees. For those not able to join via Zoom, we will stream the session LIVE on our Facebook page as well.

Lunch & Learn Series: 45 Years and 6 Degrees of Hawkwatching
2021-05-19 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
HMANA continues its monthly virtual Lunch & Learn series with a trip down hawkwatching memory lane. Clay Taylor has been hawkwatching for more than 45 years and joins us to share tales of wings and glory, hawkwatch site establishment, and making birding friends across the continent along the way.
Join us Wed., May 19, at 12 pm EDT for a personal trip through the world of hawkwatching!
Clay Taylor of Swarovski Optik NA became a birder in the mid-1970s, both watching and photographing birds in the Northeastern United States. Nearly a half-century later, he still enjoys hawk- and birdwatching and photography, and has played key roles in establishing hawkwatch sites and connecting the people that flock to them.
Zoom registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvc-mtrTsrHNIfcrCJ4qWjJyJS25znX3rP
This is a free program but limited to 100 attendees. For those not able to join via Zoom, we will stream the session LIVE on our Facebook page as well.

Lunch & Learn Series: Surviving the Winds of Climate Change
2021-04-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
HMANA continues its monthly virtual Lunch & Learn series with a much-anticipated topic: raptors and climate change, including steps the dedicated HMANA climate committee is taking on the subject. Celebrate Earth Day with us for this special session! We are thrilled to welcome Will Weber who will discuss questions such as how are raptors doing in the current state of global warming and what are the prospects for long term adaptation to an inexorably warming world.
Will Weber, HMANA board member, was a Peace Corps Volunteer, teacher and trainer in Nepal from 1971-75 and received a Ph.D. in natural resources from the University of Michigan. He founded and directed JOURNEYS International—an adventure, nature and eco-travel company—and has led more than 100 tours to Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific. He helped establish the Holiday Beach Migration Observatory and was instrumental in the creation of Hawkcount and the Raptor Population Index. His current interests include ecological restoration and understanding how birds cope with climate change.
Zoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYldeysrj4rHNclg63mQzinQy8J7_lOUvG3
This is a free program but limited to 100 attendees. For those not able to join via Zoom, we will stream the session LIVE on our Facebook page as well.

Lunch & Learn Series: Raptor ID Part 2, Early and Late Species
2021-03-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
HMANA continues its monthly virtual Lunch & Learn series with Raptor ID Part 2, Early and Late Species. As spring migration begins, this is the perfect time to brush up on your ID skills before looking to the skies! We are excited to welcome back Josh Haas who will focus on early and late migrants featuring photographs, flight ID tips, and videos comparing species side by side from his movie Hawks on the Wing.

Josh Haas, HMANA board vice-chair, spent seven fall seasons working with the Detroit River Hawk Watch as a relief counter. There he honed his skills and developed a love for teaching visitors unique ways of telling the shadowy species apart. His goal of making hawks accessible to everyone spawned his movie Hawks on the Wing, teaching viewers hawks in flight through the use of video and audio commentary. Josh’s passion started with raptors but he can be found birding and photographing in all seasons, often with his wife, daughter, and son.

Register for Zoom HERE

For those not able to join via Zoom, we will stream the session LIVE on our Facebook page as well.

Lunch & Learn Series: Tolima Raptor Count - First Findings of the New Hawkwatch in Colombia
2021-02-10 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
