Join us as for our October Lunch & Learn Series where we'll feature an enlightening discussion of migration for one of the lesser-known North American raptors across three countries - The Ferruginous Hawk! Jim Watson, Wildlife Research Scientist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, will present information from his long-term studies of adult […]

December Lunch & Learn Wednesday, December 11, 2024 12pm eastern  We are looking forward to getting WINTERY in December! Vic Berardi, HMANA board member and chair of the Winter Raptor Survey committee will be joining us to talk about the Winter Raptor Survey program. He will discuss how to participate in this community science program, […]

Join us as we kick off our first 2025 Lunch& Learn presentation on Wednesday, January 22 at 12pm eastern! We are excited to welcome Cooper's Hawk researcher, Ed Deal. Thirty years ago Cooper’s Hawks began colonizing urban and suburban landscapes throughout the US, developing a tolerance for living in proximity to humans. Ed Deal, from […]

Join us for our February Lunch & Learn presentation with Clay Sutton. Clay was the Plenary speaker for our 50th anniversary conference in November in Duluth, MN and we'd like to share his fabulous presentation with the wider hawkwatching community! Clay Sutton will reflect upon his own 50 years of watching hawks, primarily at Cape […]

Join us for our March Lunch & Learn as we welcome Antonio (Tony) Celis, Chief of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Bird Banding Lab (BBL). Tony’s talk will provide an overview of the Bird Banding Lab (BBL) program, including its history, current initiatives, and future vision. He will discuss the lab’s mission, methods, key […]

We are excited to welcome Alexandre Terrigeol, Director of the Tadoussac Bird Observatory as our April Lunch & Learn speaker! For over 30 years, the Tadoussac Bird Observatory, on the North Shore of Quebec, Canada, along the Saint Lawrence River has been monitoring bird migration through a multitude of research projects. Once primarily known for […]

For our May Lunch & Learn, we are happy to welcome JF Therrien, Senior Scientist and Graduate Study Director at Hawk Mountain, who will speak about Monitoring American Kestrel populations at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, PA. Hawk Mountain Sanctuary is well known for its long-term population monitoring of North American raptors. In 1954, it launched the […]

For our June Lunch & Learn, we are excited to welcome Kenneth Acuña Vargas and Randall A. Montoya Solano who will be speaking about the Ecovida Hawkwatch in Costa Rica. The Ecovida Hawkwatch, located in the lowlands of the tropical rainforest in northern Costa Rica at Refugio Lapa Verde, has been studying raptor migration since […]

Join us for our July Lunch & Learn presentation with Jorge Velásquez, Science Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at Audubon Americas. Audubon Americas is addressing the interconnected bird conservation crisis across the Western Hemisphere by advancing three core strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Protected Areas, Regenerative Agriculture, and Coastal Resilience. Our […]

Join us for our August Lunch & Learn (Wednesday, Aug 13 at 12pm ET),  where we will learn about Andean Condor conservation efforts. With fewer than 150 Andean Condors left in Ecuador, the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, PA is actively working with our partner, Fundación Cóndor Andino, to help this Vulnerable species (classified as Critically […]