Greenwich Audubon: We Count! Hawk Migration Monitoring in the Americas with Julie Brown

Our regional hawk watches are not only the most exciting place to gather and watch migration every fall, they have provided crucial information on raptor populations for over 50 years! Raptor Migration and Programs Director for the Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA), Julie Brown, will speak about HMNA’s work and the continental network of hawkwatching sites, why collecting spring and fall migration data is important and what we’ve learned about raptor movements and populations. She’ll dive into migration data from the Quaker Ridge Hawk Watch as well as data from across the continent and what it’s showing us about the health of raptor populations.

Julie Brown is the Raptor Migration and Programs Director at the Hawk Migration Association of North America. Before joining HMANA in 2009, she migrated throughout the US and tropics working as a field biologist primarily with raptors, focusing on human impact studies, migration research and behavioral studies. She received her BS in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Maine and received her MS in Conservation Biology from Antioch University New England where she studied Peregrine Falcon migration in Costa Rica for her thesis. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband, whom she met hawkwatching, and her two bird-loving children, a flock of chickens, her dog and lots of fruit trees. She is a volunteer counter at the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory each fall.

For more information on the Hawk Migration Association of North America visit their website here.

The program is FREE but participants must register in advance through our online ticket sales page. There will be no ticket sales at the door the day of the program. Please be prepared to show proof of your ticket registration, either as a printed copy of your registration receipt or your registration confirmation email on your phone.

• Program Fee: Admission is FREE but donations are encouraged. Your contributions help support our conservation work, including advocating for the protection of birds and the habitats they depend on for survival.
• Recommended for ages 6 and up.
• Pre-registration is required.  Select HERE to Register.
• Please register for the quantity of ALL members in your party. The rate for children and adults is the same.
• Upon arrival please check in at the front desk and proceed to Kiernan Hall where the  program will take place.