Raptor Migration Sites

The table lists Raptor Migration sites for U.S., Canada and Mexico.

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State/Prov

Raptor Migration Site

Flyway

Spring/ Fall

Organization

Website/Email Directions/Maps

Count Data

Notes/Comments

Alabama 

Fort Morgan/Gulf Shores

Gulf/Caribbean

Fall

unknown

unknown

 

unknown

Historic site in 1970s for Peregrines, but no current info found

Alaska 

Gunsite Mountain

Pacific

Spring

Paul and Cecily Fritz

pncfritz@pobox.mtaonline.net

http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=549

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=549

Harlan's Hawks

Alberta South Livingstone Western Fall Rocky Mountain Eagle Research Foundation http://www.eaglewatch.ca/Livingstone.html   http://www.eaglewatch.ca/Livingstone.html 1000s of Golden Eagles
Alberta Mount Lorette and Plateau Mountain Western Spring/Fall Rocky Mountain Eagle Research Foundation http://www.eaglewatch.ca/Fieldnotes.html    http://www.eaglewatch.ca/Fieldnotes.html  

Alberta

Windy Point

Western

Fall

unknown

unknown

http://hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=119

unknown

 

Arizona 

Grand Canyon

Western

Fall

Hawk Watch International

http://www.hawkwatch.org/migration/migrationsite.php?id=1

http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/Site%20Descriptions/Grand%20Canyon/grand_canyon_map_forweb.jpg

http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/2005%20count%20table.htm

 

Arkansas 

unknown

Central

unknown

unknown

 

 

 

 

British Columbia

Rocky Point Bird Observatory, Metchosin (Victoria)

Pacific

Fall

Rocky Point Bird Observatory

http://www.islandnet.com/~rpbo

http://hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=550

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=550

no 2005/2006 data?

California 

Golden Gate

Pacific

Fall

Golden Gate Raptor Observatory

http://www.ggro.org

http://www.ggro.org/camap.html

http://www.ggro.org/dailyhw06.html

 

Colorado 

Dinosaur Ridge, Morrison

Western

Spring

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory

http://www.rmbo.org/

 

From I-70, take Highway 26/40 Exit 259. Drive South on Hwy 26 to Parking Area on East side; just south of I70.Hike uphill toward Power Lines.

Hard to find info, but evidently best place to see migrating Ferruginous Hawks!

Connecticut 

Lighthouse Point Park

Eastern

Fall

Northeast Hawk Watch

http://www.battaly.com/nehw/

http://www.battaly.com/nehw/sites.htm#Lighthouse%20Point%20Park

http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=138

 

Connecticut 

Quaker Ridge, Greenwich

Eastern

Fall

Brian O'Toole

botoole@audubon.org

http://www.battaly.com/nehw/sites.htm#Quaker%20Ridge

http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=149

 

Delaware 

Cape Henlopen

Eastern

Fall

Elizabeth Dumont

ledumont@msn.com

http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=169

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=169

Osprey

Delaware 

White Clay Creek State Park

Eastern

Spring

Angel Rosauri

angel.rosauri@state.de.us

http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=614

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=614

 

Florida (excluding panhandle)

Florida Keys

Eastern

Fall

Hawk Watch International/Florida Audubon Society

http://www.hawkwatch.org/keysmigration/index.htm

http://www.hawkwatch.org/keysmigration/index.htm

http://www.hawkwatch.org/keysmigration/index.htm

 

Florida Panhandle

unknown

Gulf/Caribbean

unknown

unknown

unknown

 

 

 

Georgia 

1 site found near Atlanta

Eastern

Fall

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

 

Hawaii 

unknown

No regular Raptor Migration

unknown

unknown

unknown

 

 

 

Idaho 

Lucky Peak/Boise Ridge

Western

Fall

Idaho Bird Observatory/Boise State University

password protected

From Boise, take Idaho route 21 north for 12 miles. Take a left on Highland Valley Rd (1/2 mile before the Hilltop Cafe on the left). Continue up this road for 8 miles, following the track marked "E" at each fork. The road is very rough but passable by two-wheel drive vehicles with good ground clearance.

 

http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=43.5625&lon=-116.0625&datum=nad27&u=4&layer=DRG&size=m&s=50

Illinois 

Illinois Beach State Park, Zion

Central

Fall

Vic Berardi

VBirdman@aol.com

http://hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=527

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=528

 

Indiana 

Indiana Dunes

Central

unknown

unknown

unknown

http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=174

unknown

historic site, but no data found

Iowa 

Hitchcock Nature Center, Honey Creek

Central

Fall

Hitchcock Nature Center

http://www.pottcounty.com/html/departments7h5.shtml

http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=172

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=172

BW in Sept, RT in Oct, BE in Nov

Kansas 

unknown

Central

unknown

unknown

 

 

 

 

Kentucky 

Bad Branch Nature Preserve & Pine Mountain

Eastern

Fall

unknown

unknown

http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?stateprov=Kentucky&country=USA

 

2 historic sites, but no data found

Louisiana 

Calcasieu Lake, Northern Shore

Gulf/Caribbean

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

historic site, but no data found

Maine 

Cadillac Mt., Acadia N.P., Bar Harbor

Eastern

Fall

National Park Service

http://www.nps.gov/acad/

http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=280

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=280

Avg 800+ Sharpies & 500+ Kestrels per year

Manitoba

St. Adolphe Hawkwatch, St. Adolphe

Central

Spring

Manitoba Naturalists Society

http://www.manitobanature.ca/index.html

http://hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=643

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=643

650 Red-tails, 733 total raptors 4/1/2006

Maryland 

Turkey Point

Eastern

Fall

David Wilder Kimball

hatless_wonder@hotmail.com

http://hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=278

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=278

 

Maryland 

Washington National Monument State Park, Boonsboro

Eastern

Fall

MARY C. CORDERMAN

 

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/western/washington.html

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=279

 

Massachusetts 

Barre Falls Dam,

Eastern

Spring Eastern Massachusetts Hawk Watch  http://www.massbird.org/EMHW/ http://massbird.org/EMHW/Spring.htm http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=181 2276 Raptors counted March 2006

Massachusetts 

Mount Wachusett, Princeton

Eastern

Fall

Eastern Massachusetts Hawk Watch

http://www.massbird.org/EMHW/

http://www.massbird.org/EMHW/where.htm#wachusett

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=228

 

Massachusetts 

Mount Watatic, Ashburnham

Eastern

Fall

Eastern Massachusetts Hawk Watch

http://www.massbird.org/EMHW/

http://www.massbird.org/EMHW/where.htm#watatic

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=229

 

Massachusetts 

Pilgrim Heights, North Truro

Eastern

Spring

Mass Audubon

http://www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/Sanctuaries/Wellfleet/hawkwatch.php

http://hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=113

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=113

 

Michigan 

Lake Erie Metropark, Brownstown

Central

Fall

Southeastern Michigan Raptor Research

http://www.smrr.net

http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=285

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=285

72,159 raptors 9/17/2002

Minnesota 

Hawk Ridge

Central

Spring/Fall

Hawk Ridge Observatory/Duluth Audubon Society

http://www.hawkridge.org/

http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=288

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=288

1000s of Goshawks

Mississippi 

Visksburg & Fort Hill

Gulf/Caribbean

unknown

unknown

http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?stateprov=Mississippi&country=USA

unknown

unknown

2 historic sites, but no data found

Missouri 

unknown

Central

unknown

unknown

 

 

 

 

Montana 

Bridger Mountain

Western

Fall

Hawk Watch International

http://hawkwatch.org/migration/migrationsite.php?id=3

http://hawkwatch.org/migration/directions.php?id=3

http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/2005%20count%20table.htm

 

Nebraska 

unknown

Central

unknown

unknown

 

 

 

 

Nevada 

Goshutes Mountain

Western

Fall

Hawk Watch International

http://hawkwatch.org/migration/migrationsite.php?id=5

http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/Site%20Descriptions/Goshutes/goshute%20map.jpg

http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/2005%20count%20table.htm

one of the best western sites

New Hampshire 

Little Round Top, Bristol

Eastern

Fall

Susan Fogleman

fogleman@cyberportal.net

http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=317

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=317

Broad-Wings

New Hampshire 

Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory, Peterborough

Eastern

Fall

Iain MacLeod

pandiain@gsinet.net

http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=320

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=320

New record; 3044 Broad-Wings on Sept 11,2006

New Jersey 

Cape May Point

Eastern

Fall

NJ Audubon Society

http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/

http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=328

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=328

1000s of everything

New Jersey  Sandy Hook Eastern Spring NJ Audubon Society http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/SHBO/HookHWSite.html http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=340 http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=340 no data since 2004?
New Jersey  Wildcat Ridge, Hibernia Eastern Spring/Fall