HMA promotes the use of a standard data collection protocol for raptor migration monitoring. HMA’s count protocol has been adjusted over time and a data collection form and a brief set of instructions have been made widely available to monitoring sites across North, Central and South America.
The purpose of this document is to describe a standard data collection protocol for raptor migration counts. This protocol can be easily customized for the particularities of a specific site.
Hawk watch count data may be entered online at HawkCount, HMANA’s hawk watch count database. Hourly and daily count totals can be entered online via the web site or submitted as .xls spreadsheets.
If your watch-site is already active at HawkCount, consult your watch-site or project leader for access.
To establish new site access, please submit the New Account Request at HawkCount.
HMANA Count Reviewers
The HMANA Data Committee and Board have finalized reviewers of HawkCount database. These reviewers will scrutinize data entry in an effort to reduce errors and encourage documentation of rare species. This process is helpful to improving use of data by researchers and in helping documenting record sightings. Prior to the shift to digital data entry, HawkCount paper forms were reviewed by Flyway Editors to screen for errors.
The data reviewers listed below by state, province, or region have kindly volunteered to support the hawk watch community data quality. They may contact site compilers on occasion regarding HawkCount reports. Some areas are OPEN, if interested contact HMA Data Committee Chair.
Contact Laurie Goodrich, Chair of the HMA Data Committee with any questions at data@hawkmigration.org.
Reviewer – Count Area(s)
Jess Cosentino: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
Paul Roberts: Connecticut, Massachusetts
Andy Mason: New York
David Barber: Pennsylvania
Laurie Goodrich: Delaware, Maryland
Nick Alioto: Ontario, Michigan
Fred Wilcox: New Jersey
Vic Laubach: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee
Francois-Xavier Grandmont / Thierry Grandmont: Quebec
Paul Heveran: Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas
Rob Spaul: Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah
Caroline Lambert: Alaska, Montana, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia
Allen Fish: Washington, Oregon, California
Kashmir Wolf Roque: Costa Rica, Mexico, Belize, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
Sean McLaughlin: Minnesota
Regions In Need of Reviewers:
OPEN: Wisconsin
OPEN: Illinois, Iowa, Arkansas, Ohio
OPEN: Florida
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