*This registration link is ONLY for those who do not have a Facebook account.*
Enjoy an evening with Hawk Mountain staff and friends, gourmet food, a unique silent and live auction, enthralling presentations, and MORE!
This year, due to the current global pandemic, there will be no in-person gala. However, you can participate in our month-long online auction throughout June, filled with unique items and experiences, and then we invite you to a FREE livestream event on Friday, June 26! Hear from several Hawk Mountain staff and join in supporting our local to global education and research efforts.
Sanctuary scientists will present an exciting update on recent and upcoming expansions to the long-term American kestrel research pioneered by Hawk Mountain, followed by introducing three tiers of support in which you can choose to fund.
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary has been studying the breeding, wintering and migratory habits of kestrels for more than 50 years. Today more than 200 kestrel nestboxes have been placed within a 25-mile radius of Hawk Mountain, and each year, the boxes are cleaned and monitored for signs of activity. If successful, nestlings are banded at two weeks of age. This program provides outreach to the local community, and provides hands-on training for spring conservation science trainees, including building experience in data collection, banding, handling live nestlings and documentation.
And, with the recent decline in kestrel populations makes the long-term data more important than ever. Today we also are expanding this work to include a scientific study of kestrel behavior, a project ideal for college undergraduates involved as a summer field experience intern.
This work will allow Hawk Mountain to better assess the environmental factors that affect this ecological sentinel of the farmlands that surround the Sanctuary, and also will help prepare up and coming conservationists gain hands-on experience in raptor research.
Read more about the Virtual Benefit for the Birds and learn about the online auction fundraiser HERE.
A private link to the webinar will be emailed to all registrants about 1 hour before the start of the live program. A recording of the webinar will be posted and shared to all registrants following the event.
Only 1 registration per household permitted to allow as many households to participate as possible. Registration closes 2 hours before the start of the program.
Hawk Mountain will be recording this webinar, including all questions, comments, etc., by the audience. By participating, you agree to allow the recording to be posted on Hawk Mountains's website, Facebook page, Instagram feed, and other media.