This season we have added 32 new transmitters to our tracking effort! This includes 25 from the desert southwest (see above), one dark morph in New York(!), and six birds in Washington (see below), all to represent our biggest seasonal transmitter effort yet! Our focus this season was primarily on bolstering our sampling of migratoryContinue reading “32 individuals make up the new cohort of transmitters for 2025!”
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Plumage polymorphism in raptors
Why do some raptors, like the Red-tailed Hawk, have more than one color morph? Jen Walsh, Irby Lovette and the Red-tailed Hawk Project’s Bryce Robinson outline what is currently known in a publication now out in the journal Ornithology titled ‘Plumage polymorphism in raptors’. The paper details the presence of the trait in each raptorContinue reading “Plumage polymorphism in raptors”
Red-tailed Hawk Project 