New Content-wide Assessment of Raptor Population Trends
(Posted 2012-02-01)
A new report by the Raptor Population Index (RPI) Project shows that the majority of the 26 species of migratory raptors across North America are either recovering or in stable condition.

HMANA Research Award
(Posted 2011-12-01)
The HMANA Research Award supports field studies relating to raptor migration ecology and behavior, population monitoring, and conservation.

Hawkwatcher's Exchange forum
(Posted 2011-03-15)
A place where hawkwatch sites can post job notices for counters or volunteers or where counters can offer their services. It is also a forum for general raptor-related announcements and regional discussions

Links

• HawkCount
• Hawk Migration Notes
  (HMANA blog)
• Winter Raptor Survey
• RPI Project
• Hawkwatching FAQ

A common migrant through much of the United States and Canada and the western mountains. Less common in the northwest, high northern plains, and extreme southern Texas. Well represented at many inland locations, but most numerous at coastal locations along the Atlantic coast and the southern Great Lakes, such as Cape May, NJ, Kiptopeke, VA, and Holiday Beach, ON. Peak time in the north is mid September through mid October; into late October in Florida. Spring numbers are somewhat less. Good locations include Dinosaur Ridge, CO., Fort Smallwood, MD, and Plum Island, MA. Most birds move through northern areas during the first 3 weeks of April.

Photo: Male AK, Floyd Bennet Field, Kings co., NY, March 28, 1998 / Steve Walter

• Detailed Description at Cornell Lab of Ornithology's All About Birds guide


• Conservation Status Report from Hawk Mountain Sanctuary


• HMANA Article: Declining American Kestrel Populations