Finding A Hawk Watch

Geographical features such as peninsulas and mountain ridges concentrate migrating raptors. And where you find large numbers of hawks you are also likely to find hawk watchers and established hawk watch sites. Hawk watch sites offer many advantages both to beginners and to more advanced hawk watchers. You can learn a lot from more experienced hawk watchers. It also helps to have more eyes looking.

The Hawk Watch Directory below will help you find a local hawk watch in North America. The sites are listed by state/province.

Another great on-line source for finding hawk watching sites and about hawk watching in general is the Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA) web site. Another useful resource is HawkWatch International's web site.

You can also find articles on hawk watching sites in the following magazine issues:

• Birder's World, October 1998
• WildBird Magazine, August 1998, August 1997
• Bird Watchers Digest, September/October 1998, August 1996

Hawk Watches in U.S. and Canada (by state/province)

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Arizona

• Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park (More Info)
• Sulphur Springs Valley, between Bisbee and Willcox (More Info)

California

• Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Marin County (More Info)

Cecil County, Maryland

• Turkey Point Hawk Watch, Elk Neck Peninsula, North East (More Info)

Colorado

• Dinosaur Ridge Raptor Migration Station, Near Morrison, Jefferson Co. (More Info)

Connecticut

• Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven
• Quaker Ridge, Greenwich, Greenwich (More Info)

DE

• Cape Henlopen State Park, Lewes (More Info)

Florida

• Florida Keys, Marathon (More Info)

Idaho

• Boise Ridge Raptor Migration Project, Boise (More Info)
• Idaho Bird Observatory at Lucky Peak, Boise, Ada County (More Info)

Iowa

• Hitchcock Nature Area, Honey Creek (More Info)

Maine

• Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor (More Info)
• Mount Agamenticus, York (More Info)

Maryland

• Backyard Hawk Watch, Baltimore City (More Info)
• Fort Smallwood Park, Pasadena (More Info)
• Turkey Point Hawk Watch, Elk Neck State Park, North East (More Info)
• Washington Monument State Park (fall watch), Boonsboro (More Info)

Massachusetts

• Bolton Flats, Lancaster
• Mount Wachusett, Princeton
• Mount Watatic, Ashburnham

Michigan

• Southeastern Michigan Raptor Research, Lake Erie Metropark, near Detroit
• Whitefish Point, Paradise

Minnesota

• Eagle Ridge, La Crescent
• Hawk Ridge, Duluth

Montana

• Bridger Mountains, Bozeman, Gallatin County (More Info)

Nevada

• Goshute Mountains, Wendover, Elko County

New Hampshire

• Little Round Top, Bristol (More Info)
• South Pack Monadnock, Miller State Park, Temple (More Info)

New Jersey

• Cape May Hawk Watch, Cape May State Park
• Chimney Rock Hawk Watch, Washington Valley Park, Martinsville
• Montclair Hawk Watch, Montclair (More Info)
• Picatinny Peak Hawkwatch, Picatinny Arsenal, Morris County (More Info)
• Reed's Beach Hawk Watch, Reed's Beach (More Info)
• Wildcat Ridge, Rockaway Twp., Morris County (More Info)

New Mexico

• Manzano Mountains, Manzano (More Info)
• Sandia Mountains, Albuquerque (More Info)

New York

• Belvedere Castle, Central Park, New York City
• Braddock Bay, near Rochester
• DERBY HILL, Mexico, Village of (More Info)
• Fire Island, Nassau County (More Info)
• Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch, Oneonta, Delaware Co. (More Info)
• Lenoir Hawkwatch, Yonkers (More Info)

North Carolina

• Mahogany Rock Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway near Elkin (More Info)
• Mount Pisgah, Asheville (More Info)
• Pilot Mountain State Park, Pinnacle (More Info)

Ontario

• Cranberry Marsh, Whitby/Durham R.M. (More Info)
• High Park, Toronto (More Info)
• Holiday Beach Conservation Area, Essex County (More Info)
• Iroquois Shoreline , Brooklin / Durham R.M. (More Info)
• Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch, Grimsby (More Info)

Oregon

• Bonney Butte, Government Camp, Hood River County (More Info)

Pennsylvania

• Allegheny Front Hawkwatch Counting Site, Bedford County (More Info)
• Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton/Berks and Schuylkill cities (More Info)
• Militia Hill Hawk Watch, Flourtown (just north of Philadelphia) (More Info)
• Rocky Ridge Park, York (More Info)
• Rose Tree Park Hawkwatch, Media, Delaware County (More Info)
• Stone Mountain, Allensville/Mifflin & Huntingdon Co.line (More Info)
• Tuscarora Summit, Franklin Co. (More Info)
• WHP/WITF Towers Hawk Watch, Harrisburg (More Info)
• Waggoners Gap, 6 miles NW Carlisle, Cumberland County (More Info)

South Carolina

• Caesars Head State Park, Pickens County

Tennessee

• Soddy Mountain Hawk Lookout, Chattanooga (More Info)

Texas

• Coastal Bend Hawkwatch, Corpus Christi (More Info)
• Hoffman H30 Ranch, Ltd., 15 miles SE San Diego/Duval County (More Info)
• Smith Point Hawk Watch, Smith Point, Chambers County (More Info)

Utah

• Jordanelle Reservoir, Heber City, Wasatch County (More Info)
• Wellsville Mountains Raptor Migration Study, Mendon, Cache County (More Info)

Vermont

• Putney Mountain Hawk Watch, Putney, Windham County (More Info)

Virginia

• Candler Mountain, Lynchburg (More Info)
• Harvey's Knob Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway, Mile Post 95.4, Botetourt County (More Info)
• Kiptopeke State Park, Kiptopeke
• Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, Afton, Augusta County (More Info)
• Snickers Gap, Clarke/Loudoun County Line (More Info)

Virginia

• Rocky Knob Hawk Watch, Floyd County (More Info)

Washington

• Chelan Ridge (Cooper Mt.), Chelan, Okanogan (More Info)
• Olympic Vulture Study, near Joyce, Clallam County (More Info)

International Hawk Watches

Mexico

• Veracruz

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