West County Hawk Watch
RAPTOR RESEARCH GROUP
West County HawkWatch Citizen Scientist Group
West County Hawkwatch (WCHW) is a regional group of interpretive specialist's and photographers focused on raptor identification and birds of prey natural history. Passionate about nature, hawks, conservation and wildlife, most members have been studying and working with nature their whole life, specializing in raptors for two decades.
Our goal is to get people out into the field and see these magnificent Birds of Prey going about their daily business. With a informative and engaging atmosphere we can share the excitement Raptors bring and understand some of their intriguing behaviors. We can learn how to identify them through some basic identification traits as well as some more advanced observations. Understanding what types of habitat they need to succeed and thrive, thus a better understanding of land use, protection and potential hazards. Birds of Prey act as an Environmental Barometer, when something is wrong with them, something is wrong with the environment, and we need to take action. Come out and learn with us, we have fun, see lots of wildlife on our tours, hikes and walks. We also offer several classroom workshops every year to help learn identification and natural history.
Schedule of Events
Sept 26th
Jenner Headlands
Preserve Tour
Jenner Headlands Sevres
Raptor Migration Tour
Oct 24th
Estero Americano Coast Preserve Hike
Birds of Prey Hike -
Late migration and Over-wintering
Nov 21st
Lynch Canyon
Open Space Hike
Raptor Identification hike
and educational tour
Nov 1st
Lynch Canyon
Open Space Hike
Over-wintering Raptor Education
and Identification hike
Ongoing
Jenner Headlands Annual Migration Hawkwatch
Annual hawk migration on a stand and count site, 3 to 4 days a week Sept through Nov
Oct 18th
Lynch Canyon
Open Space Hike
Migration & Over-wintering Raptor
Education and Identification hike
Ongoing
West County HawkWatch
Facebook page 2020
More activity and information
on a daily basis
Photo Gallery
Raptors seen on past hikes, events, and counts.
To view more photos from our events, click the links below.
Donations Help Us Soar
Funds help with:
#1 our Books for Kids program,
#2 Optics for guests (loaner Binoculars & Scope)
#3 docent training materials (optics, books & files)
and #4 maintenance /cost of webpages and media public outreach programs.
We thank you very much for considering to help, we lost 5 pairs of binoculars, 100 books and decades of materials in the recent Tubbs Fire.
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