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Hawk Migration Notes
http://hmana.blogspot.com
Hawk Migration Notes is a team blog written by staff and board members of the Hawk Migration Association of North America. We focus on hawks, hawk migration and hawkwatching.
- Added on: Sep 24th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: hmana
- Listed in: Birdwatching Birds
- Tags: hawks raptors hmana hawk migration hawkwatcing hawk migration association of north america
Recent Posts
Counting for Christmas
Nothing beats counting Pine Grosbeaks on a cold December day!Yup, it’s that time of year again - the weather is getting chillier and I’m hearing Christmas tunes at the grocery store. Yes, the holidays are approaching, but there is also one more t...
HawkCount...So Much More than Just Daily Totals
Chances are, if you are a hawkwatcher and spend time visiting watchsites during the spring and fall months, you are familiar with HMANA’s hawkwatching database, HawkCount (www.hawkcount.org).Since I began hawkwatching in 1999, I have treasured Haw...
Reporting Short-eared Owl sightings
Bird Studies Canada, a HMANA partner, asks you to report any sightings of Short-eared Owls this winter. 2009 is the group’s seventh season of monitoring Short-eared Owls.North American and European researchers are working together to learn more abo...
Sharpie-Cooper\'s Ratios
As someone who has been hawk watching for over 35 years, I’ve been fascinated by the changing fortunes of the Cooper’s Hawk. Following HMANA’s Hawk Migration Studies, Hawk Count, and RPI (Raptor Population Index), it is clear we’ve had a dram...
Migrating Red-tailed Hawks... or Not?
Many hawk watches are still looking for and seeing migrating Red-tailed Hawks. One of the things I especially like about late season migration in the northeast is that the late October/November light on migrating redtails shows them at their very bes...
Peregrine Falcon Identification on North Carolina\'s Outer Banks
Working to improve our skills at identifying distant peregrine falcons on North Carolina’s outer banks, we were fortunate that raptors appearing at a great distance almost always ended up flying closer to us than 400 meters, sometimes directly over...
