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Raptors

Learn more about raptors at the Golden Gate Raptors Observatory.

 

Lidia D'Amico opens a window to the ocean on Alcatraz.
Gateways Article

Ask a park scientist: Lidia D'Amico, the bird biologist of Alcatraz

National Park Service biologist Lidia D’Amico works, in short, for the birds.
Kettle of Raptors Over San Francisco Skyline
Our Work

GGRO Hawkwatch Records

After three decades of consistently and meticulously tallying the daily fall raptor migration at the Golden Gate, we have a lot of great data, and we have an amazing ability to see a kind of baseline raptor migration story for the 19 species that are seen here annually. For example,...
Black and yellow peregrine falcon with white fluffy chicks in rocky nest
Conservation

Photos: Peregrine falcons on Alcatraz

All the fluffiness of the peregrine falcon chicks and their parents on Alcatraz...

In 2020, for the first time in recorded history, peregrine falcon chicks were born on Alcatraz Island. The peregrines returned in subsequent years and, in 2023, four chicks were born on the island!
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Birds in the Golden Gate National Parks

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Sharp-shinned Hawk Illustration by Lora Roame
Our Work

GGRO 2022 Season Summary: Outreach

Although full interpretive talks weren’t possible in 2022, we did arrange our weekend schedules so that one GGRO staff person would also be a greeter to informally talk to people about the migration on Hawk Hill, and the results were wonderful.
Red-shouldered hawk feather, illustration by Lora Roame
Our Work

GGRO 2022 Season Summary: Research

It is no surprise that, as a forty-year-old Community Science program, the GGRO’s scientific publications and presentations should be steeped in collaboration and partnership.
Sharp-shinned hawk: comparing 2022 with the ten-year mean
Our Work

2022 GGRO Season Summary: Introduction

There was a weird and striking delay in Sharpshins.
Illustration of soaring Turkey Vulture looking downward.
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GGRO 2022 Season Summary: Turkey Vulture Study

Beyond being widely misunderstood by the general public, Turkey Vultures are often misunderstood from an ecological perspective as well.
Banding pliers illustration by Lora Roame
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GGRO 2022 Season Summary: Banding

In 2022, the GGRO Banding Program had huge accomplishments before the field season even started.
Illustration of bald eagle.
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GGRO 2022 Season Summary: Hawkwatch

The 2022 fall migration was a season of almost-recovery from COVID-19, but someone forgot to tip off the hawks, as we had one of our lowest overall counts in many years.