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PRESENTATION: Year-round movements of Rough-legged Hawks wintering in Wisconsin

  • Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance 211 South Paterson Street #340 Madison, WI, 53703 United States (map)

Year-round movements of Rough-legged Hawks (Buteo lagopus) wintering in Wisconsin

Neil Paprocki, University of Idaho

January 8, 7-8 PM, online (Zoom: link here)

Co-hosted by Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance and Ozaukee Washington Bird Coalition

From 2021-2022, nine GPS transmitters were attached to wintering Rough-legged Hawks in Wisconsin, including two sponsored by Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance (learn about them here: https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/rough-legged+hawk). Many of these transmitters are still functioning and have provided multiple years of full annual cycle movements.

Come learn about the year-round movements of Rough-legged Hawks wintering in the great state of Wisconsin, and how these nine birds fit into the broader Rough-legged Hawk Project that has tracked nearly 200 hawks throughout North America.

Link to the Jan. 8 Zoom presentation: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86401517554?pwd=qQIXFlx19j7TAd1WNq8pF9E850TaLY.1

About the speaker:

Photo provided by Neil Paprocki

Neil Paprocki recently completed his PhD at the University of Idaho studying differential migration in birds. Neil has been a professional ornithologist for 17 years and has been working with Rough-legged Hawks for nearly 15 years.



Cover photo: Rough-legged Hawk by Phil Brown

Earlier Event: January 1
New Year's Sunrise at Faville Grove
Later Event: January 11
Owl Prowl