Hi Ken,

Here is few hawk watch spots.

Smith's Point TX - fall migration.  Near Corpus Christi
http://www.gcbo.org/default.aspx/MenuItemID/167/MenuGroup/Home.htm

Whitefish Point MI - spring migration.  Starts March 15 (today).  I saw no
posts yet.  Near Sault St. Marie.
http://www.wpbo.org/

Dinosaur Ridge CO - Spring migration.  Denver   They post daily to the CO
listserv.
http://birding.aba.org/maillist/CO01

Hawk Migration Association - Complete list of sites and more.
http://www.hmana.org/

The Green Tower.  Spring migration.  Indiana lakefront migration watch.
They post to IN listserv regularly.
http://www.indianaaudubon.org/Birds/DetailedBirdingLocations/IndianaDunesStatePark/tabid/182/Default.aspx

Thanks,


On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Ken Andrews <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I have been looking at some of the other lists on this webpage
> (Look in the "Search: All Mailing Lists" dropdown at the top of the page).
> Most recently I have been checked the "BirdHawk" list. It appears to be
> where hawk watch groups post their sightings.
>
> I have checked the lists of sightings made at Presque Isle and a couple  of
> others made in western Pennsylvania. But, I also looked at the one at
> Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park in Mission, Texas. It is near the
> Texas/Mexico border on the west side of the Gulf of Mexico. Not much has
> been reported at this site (which I am thinking is a bottleneck) except for
> turkey vultures. I am guessing that, when this Texas site starts reporting
> lots of migrating raptors, that we will see more a few days later.
>
> I have also looked at the Borrego Valley hawk watch posts in Borrego
> Springs, California, USA (east of San Diego). They have reported hundreds
> of
> Swainson's hawks. Those hawks are headed up the west coast.
>
> It is fun to look at these other lists. I read "Living on the Wind: Across
> the Hemisphere With Migratory Birds" by Scott Weidensaul a couple of years
> ago. It had some chapters on raptor migration. It is cool to think these
> raptors migrate in such huge numbers. We get to see them in the spring and
> summer. They go to Central and South America for the rest of the year.  I
> am
> especially looking forward to the broad-winged hawks returning. They
> usually
> get here in mid April. A lot of them spend the winter in Columbia. But,
> some
> go to the Caribbean.
>
> I have also looked at the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory's website. They
> band raptors and even attach radio/GPS tracking devices to some.
>
> Does anyone else know about other hawk watch websites out there?
> I have heard of Hawk Mountain in PA. I have never been there.
>
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