Raptor Migration Studies

FUNDECI/GAIA

Raptor migration is a spectacle, involving tens of thousands of birds passing overhead in file, covering hundreds of miles a week in their daily journeys. How, where, and when raptors migrate is also of importance to scientists and conservation professionals. In Nicaragua, coming projects in wind-energy generation will need good data on raptor migration patterns to prevent unnecessary kills in the placement and operation of windmills. FUNDECI/GAIA has maintained raptor migration monitoring during the fall (southward) migration season since 2001. More recently, we have begun to observe the northward migration as well.

Ornitología Neotropical 2008

Hawk Migration Studies 2004

In Defense of Nature

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Black Vultures waiting for thermal currents to begin morning flights

 

raptors in flight