Raptors

The Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station in Cedar Grove, Wis. will be opening its 68th year of raptor banding Aug. 15.

Spring migration is here and what better way to celebrate than taking part in the Hawk Migration Association of North America's (HMANA) 9th season of Raptorthon March 1 - May 31.

Iowa's growing osprey population has added new nest sites in West Des Moines, Colfax and Cumming, bringing the total nest attempts in 2015 to 22.

As Georgia Power replaces its hollow cross-arms on power poles with solid ones, it places a nest box for kestrels providing the cavity nesting it is removing with the old cross-arms.

Learn to identify birds of prey at a free Raptor Identification class March 22, at Cheyenne Mountain State Park in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Research volunteers at the historic Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station along Lake Michigan have reported a substantial increase in their trapping and banding numbers over last year. When the arctic plunge froze their water pump and shut down banding on Nov. 16, they had banded a total of 449 raptors of 13 species, compared with a total of 330 in 2013.

Derek Craighead, a noted ecologist and leader in wildlife research and habitat protection, will be the featured speaker when falconers gather for the 7th Annual Spring Rendezvous on March 1 at the Archives of Falconry located in Boise, Idaho.

A new video now available online details the process of artificially inseminating birds of prey, a technique that The Peregrine Fund has used successfully for 40 years to recover Peregrine Falcons and other rare and endangered raptors.

A trio of live raptor programs originally planned for Bald Eagle Awareness Days in February will instead take place weekend of June 21-23 at three different South Dakota locations.

West Virginia State Park visitors and guests will be introduced to eagles and other raptors throughout the summer program series, "Wings of Wonder - Birds of Prey" from May through September.