The Birds of Prey Foundation is asking for your assistance this year in locating staging areas and kettles of Swainsons Hawks. In the first few weeks of September we release all of the hawks we have that are fit to migrate. Most of these are young and inexperienced birds and we like to release them into the groups that are forming out on the eastern plains preparing to leave on their journey south. Finding these groups can be like finding a needle in a haystack, but we feel it greatly increases the success and survival rate for our rehabilitated birds to join up and spend time in these groups before beginning their journey. The groups should start gathering in the next few weeks, with the juveniles arriving first, followed by the adults. It will be anywhere from 20 to 100 hawks together, mostly on the ground feeding on grasshoppers, with some other birds flying or perching overhead. They seem to prefer recently plowed, cut or planted fields and will sometimes stay on one area for days. If you haven't seen this spectacle, it is worth the drive! Please notify us immediately at (303) 466-4620 or _fuze...@aol.com_ (mailto:fuze...@aol.com) if you come across a group, with a specific location that we could access. If you find one and report it, you will be welcome to join us to witness the release. Happy birding!! Jennifer Bohn (303) 466-4620 _fuze...@aol.com_ (mailto:fuze...@aol.com)
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