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The sky’s the limit when you join HMANA!HMANA members are people who just love hawks, as well as hawk watchers, birders, bird banders, professional ornithologists, and conservation and research scientists.

Join HMANA members who already help to make a difference in the future of these magnificent birds.

HMANA Member Benefits• Hawk Migration Studies, our semiannual journal

of migration studies with articles about raptors, count sites, book reviews, and trends

• Subscription to our e-mail newsletter• Access to the growing “members-only” section of the HMANA website at www.hmana.org

• National conferences held every four years

Raptors are at the top of the food chainThe health of raptor populations are an indicator of overall environmental health.

For many, observing and identifying raptors is a personal or spiritual connection with the natural world and the annual rhythms of nature. As hawk watchers we mark the turn of the season by searching the skies from our favorite watch sites.

Documenting annual trends is a vital first step towards protecting this seasonal passage. Consistent,long-term migration counts help us determine the impact of large-scale ecological changes. Forest clearing, global climate change, widespread pesticide use, communications towers, wind-turbine installations and ground, air and water pollution are among the many threats to this natural spectacle.

Preserving raptors and their habitats

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Photo By: Shawn P. Carey

Photo By: Julie Brown,Kekoldi in Costa Rica

Top Photo By: Lillian Stokes

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Our VisionTo inspire and unite North American hawk watchersto study and protect raptors and their habitats, thereby ensuring their continued health and vitality. We have a responsibility to preserve the spectacle of raptor migration for generations to come. Help HMANA ensure that the river of raptors will always keep flowing.

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During each spring and fall hawk watches systematically observe, count and record migrating raptors. HMANA is the coordinating organization of this effort, establishing the standards and centralizing the data. This information base is used for scientific research, public education, and conservation.

Find HMANA OnlineVisit our...• Website: www.hmana.org• HawkCount: http://hawkcount.org• Raptor Population Index Project:

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Links to• Hawkcount database• Raptor information• Weather information• Many hawk watch websites, and directions for

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Your individual support can make a valuable difference. Your dues will help people gather, share and analyze invaluable migration data. Volunteers are needed to help establish new sites, maintain existing sites, and educate the public. Join now! Your membership can make a difference for you . . . and for the hawks.

You can help this important effort by joining HMANA now!

Support HMANA’sEfforts To• Establish new hawk watch sites• Provide technical support for hawk watches• Standardize data collection• Manage the Raptor Population Index (RPI), the

first ever continent-wide scientific assessment of raptor status

• Communicate information on migration counts and population trends

• Offer research grants• Educate the public on the value of raptors• Advocate habitat preservation for raptor conservation

Photo By: Shawn P. Carey, Osprey

Photo By: Susan Gruver, Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch

Photo By: Francie VonMertens, Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory

• Monitor over 300 hawk watch sites throughout North and Central America

• Have logged hundreds of thousands of field hours

• Educate thousands about the importance of raptors and their conservation

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