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2012 Hawk Migration Association of North America Conference

"Counting for the Future"


October 13-14, 2012
Greenwich, Connecticut
Hosted by Audubon Greenwich



Deadline for All Registration is October 10, 2012. After that date, you must regsiter in person at the conference for $130 (or $60 for a one day pass).


The Hawk Migration Association of North America is excited to present its 2012 Conference ,"Counting for the Future", to be hosted by Audubon Greenwich at the Audubon Center in Greenwich, Connecticut. The conference will be a celebration of hawkwatching during peak migration season at one of New England's oldest Hawk Watch sites, Quaker Ridge.


The event will feature a variety of scientific presentations, panel discussions, raptor identification workshops and field trips to Northeast hawk watch sites and local birding hotspots. This conference aims to reach out to all raptor enthusiasts, and there will also be a strong emphasis on education for the younger generation of hawk watchers.



Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch




Julie Brown will discuss hawkwatching, HMANA, and the conference on BirdCallsRadio on September 30, 2012, at 1pm EST.




Full Conference Schedule (updated Oct 3, 2012)

Presentation Descriptions


Conference activities will begin at 8:00AM Saturday, October 13th and continue throughout the day. A social event on Saturday evening will be held prior to our keynote address. Activities will continue throughout the day on Sunday, October 14th, and will wrap up at 5:00PM.


Sponsored by Swarovski Optik, HMANA will be welcoming keynote speaker Pete Dunne, Author of Hawks in Flight, Chief Communications Officer for New Jersey Audubon & Director of Cape May Bird Observatory.



"Islands in the Cloud Stream--A reflection upon 36 years of hawk watching." Thirty-six years comes to a lot of binocular sweeps across the horizon (and a lot of memories). Some are anchored in great flight, others memorable people, and quite a few relate to blown identifications. The author of THE WIND MASTERS and co-author of HAWKS IN FLIGHT scans back along his career to share the events that stand out. Maurice Broun's secret visit to Cape May...October 4, 1977 and 21,800 birds of prey...the day Floyd P. Wolfarth met his match...Hawk Mountain's 50th (and snot all over my sweater)...and, of course, from the hawk watcher's own lips, "That Story About the Harrier."





Field trips will include Lighthouse Point and Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatches.


Accommodations:

A block of rooms has been reserved at

La Quinta Inn & Suites Armonk

94 Business Park Dr.

Armonk, NY 10524

914-273-9090

Mention HMANA when making your reservation and receive a room rate of $89 + tax per night.


Other hotels in the area include:


Super 8 Stamford, I-95, Exit 6, 32 Grenhart Road, Stamford, CT 06902. Phone: 203-324-8887


Hyatt Regency Greenwich, 1800 East Putnam Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT 06870. Phone: 203-367-1234


About the Audubon Greenwich Center:

The Audubon Center in Greenwich is a 295 acre sanctuary and was National Audubon Society's first environmental education center in the United States. The sanctuary has seven miles of trails that lead to a variety of habitats including hardwood forest, field, lake, stream and vernal pond. Along these trails you will find reminders of the past in the form of stone walks, an old apple orchard and original New England homestead buildings.


Audubon Greenwich
613 Riversville Road
Greenwich, CT06831
Phone: 203-869-5272

http://greenwich.audubon.org/


The Center is also the home of the Quaker Ridge Hawk Watch and is one of the best locations in the Northeastern United States to view the fall migration of raptors. The all time record of 31,900+ Broad-winged Hawks counted in one day in 1995 has not been matched in the region.





Directions:
Nearest airport: Westchester County Airport, White Plains, NY (approximately 3 miles from Greenwich Audubon Center)
Other airports include LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, NY.

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