Borrego Springs Hawk Watch

Borrego Springs Hawk Watch We observe more Swainson’s Hawks migrating through North America in spring than any other site in USA

04/12/2025

Solitary sunrise Swainson’s Hawk taking in dawn chorus this morning. One bird found his buddies as we counted 6 today migrating north!!

44 gorgeous Swainson's Hawks migrated this morning. Up close views of the perched hawks at the morning count site and He...
04/08/2025

44 gorgeous Swainson's Hawks migrated this morning.

Up close views of the perched hawks at the morning count site and Henderson Canyon Road. What a view!

04/07/2025

Morning watch the place to be today. Who’s watching who? We can see 40 birds from the morning watch!

WE HAVE HAWKS! Tonight (April 6th) at least 125-150 Swainson’s hawks came into the valley just before dark. Clickers wer...
04/07/2025

WE HAVE HAWKS!

Tonight (April 6th) at least 125-150 Swainson’s hawks came into the valley just before dark. Clickers were clicking.

Light winds are forecasted for tomorrow, Monday morning. We expect the hawks to hang around till after sunrise likely lifting off between 8:00 and 9:30 am. To see the lift-off, we suggest you check in at the day count site for the best viewing spot. The morning site is located 2.8 miles north of Palm Canyon Drive on DiGiorgio Rd.

Temperatures will be in the high 80’s so remember to bring sun protection and lots of water.

Eyes to sky!

The Borrego Springs documentary HAWK WATCH co-hosted a screening with the College of the Desert in Palm Desert, CA on Fr...
04/07/2025

The Borrego Springs documentary HAWK WATCH
co-hosted a screening with the College of the Desert in Palm Desert, CA on Friday, April 4, 2025. Following the screening was a Q&A with the directors of the film and cast Hal Cohen, Tracee Geernaert, Candance Hess, and Kurt Leuschner.

Visit the film's website to learn about future screenings and watch the trailer. www.borregospringshawkwatch.com
Contact [email protected] if you'd like to co-host a screening in your area.

Great morning on the hill yesterday! Counters were surprised by a group of Swainson’s that surrounded the hill at first ...
04/05/2025

Great morning on the hill yesterday! Counters were surprised by a group of Swainson’s that surrounded the hill at first light. These birds were not seen coming in the night before. We observed them for over an hour as they readied for lift off, sleeping and preening and then taking flight. Our intrepid leader, Hal Cohen counted kettles a mile to the east to ensure we didn’t miss any migrants. Both the am watch official counter Jon Berman and Hal Cohen came in with almost the same number! Great team effort!

04/04/2025

Yay some action on the hill this morning!
Will it put us over the 3,000 mark!? Suspense and excitement!

Beautiful Borrego morning to see 81 Swainson's Hawks migrate!
03/31/2025

Beautiful Borrego morning to see 81 Swainson's Hawks migrate!

This weekend the Borrego Springs Hawkwatch participated in the Anza-Borrego Foundation's 2nd annual Bioblitz. We observe...
03/31/2025

This weekend the Borrego Springs Hawkwatch participated in the Anza-Borrego Foundation's 2nd annual Bioblitz.

We observed 18 different species from our morning site. Hawks, Swallows, Kingbirds, Kestrels, a Long-Billed Curlew, and even a tagged Turkey Vulture! Check out all we saw in the images below.

Eyes to the sky!

As of Friday March 28th, we have counted 2,387 Swainson's Hawks migrating through Borrego Springs! Yay! We hope to brea...
03/29/2025

As of Friday March 28th, we have counted 2,387 Swainson's Hawks migrating through Borrego Springs!

Yay!

We hope to break 3,000 in the next week.

This weekend we are participating in the Anza Borrego Foundation's 2nd annual bioblitz.

*Saturday March 29th 4:30pm - 8:00pm - evening watch site
*Sunday March 30th 7:30am - 11:00am Morning count site

The BioBlitz is a collaborative effort by scientists and the community to survey and document as many living organisms as possible within a designated area and time frame. We are using the free iNaturalist app. You'll be able to record all your discoveries. Our Hawk Watch team will help you with species identification and use of the app if you haven't used it before.

Eyes to the sky!

Bioblitz info: https://theabf.org/events/anza-borrego-desert-state-park-bioblitz/

An exciting and interesting Wednesday(3/26) morning! No Swainson's Hawks were observed entering the valley on Tuesday (3...
03/27/2025

An exciting and interesting Wednesday(3/26) morning!

No Swainson's Hawks were observed entering the valley on Tuesday (3/26) evening, however, the team observed 67 migrating hawks at the morning count site! 4-5 small kettles from lift off at 8:45 until 10am.

Eyes to the Sky!

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