Hawks Aloft works to conserve indigenous wild birds through avian research, education and cooperation with others. We are based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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- Founded:
- 1994
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Wall PhotosUpdated about a week ago
Indigo, the American CrowCreated about a month ago
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Events
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- Weem's International ArtFest
Expo New Mexico, New Mexico State F...
Friday, November 13 at 10:00am
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- Mexico, an Elder Statesman 6:05am Nov 6|3 Comments
- Songbirds and Russian Olive Berries 2:43pm Oct 7
- Raptors of the Rio Grande Gorge 2:00pm Oct 5
Mexico's wintertime, indoor spaceOne of the responsibilities that we have is providing the best possible care for our educational ambassadors. This includes being aware of any special care requirements for a particular species as well as the idiosyncracies of the different individuals...
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Often, at our office only humans are present. However, educational birds
are everywhere today! There is a Swainson’s Hawk in the kitchen, a Peregrine
Falcon at the conference table, 2 corvids in my cubicle and the Mississippi
Kite in on a file cabinet. Every now and then, I need to stop what I’m doing to
give the crow and... raven a drink from their water mug. The copy repair
guys were very entertained this morning. How many other workplaces offer the
chance to hang out with so cool birds? Not too many!Read More
are everywhere today! There is a Swainson’s Hawk in the kitchen, a Peregrine
Falcon at the conference table, 2 corvids in my cubicle and the Mississippi
Kite in on a file cabinet. Every now and then, I need to stop what I’m doing to
give the crow and... raven a drink from their water mug. The copy repair
guys were very entertained this morning. How many other workplaces offer the
chance to hang out with so cool birds? Not too many!Read More
Hawks Aloft, Inc. She's the only non-raptor among our educational ambassadors AND a human imprint. She teaches the audience about the amazing intelligence of corvids, their fun-loving ways, as well as the hazard wrought upon an animal taken from the wild and raised by humans. In our first installment, I was babysitting her over the weekend.
Hawks Aloft, Inc. Although assessing a tree's berry crop sounds incredibly dull, it does personalize each tree, rather like a scavenger hunt with a GPS unit. Much more interesting than sitting in front of the computer all day editing a very tedious report.
Cedar Waxwings feeding on Russian olive berriesYellow-rumped Warbler feeding on Russian olive berriesCurrently, we are categorizing the berry production on selected Russian olive (exotic vegetation) and New Mexico olive (native vegetation) plants located on transects in our middle Rio Grande...
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Learn how to safely work with raptors in an educational setting, and become a Hawks Aloft volunteer educator. Learn the proper way to handle non-releasable hawks, falcons, and owls in a manner that is safe for you, the birds, and the general public. This classroom session is the first step towards becoming an experie...nced raptor handler, followed by 2-4 personalized, individual hands-on trainings. A completion certificate will be awarded after the completion of all training sessions and a final review.
Cost: $45, includes detailed handling manual. Fee is tax-deductible and helps feed our educational raptors. Please call 505-828-9455, to register.
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Cost: $45, includes detailed handling manual. Fee is tax-deductible and helps feed our educational raptors. Please call 505-828-9455, to register.
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Time:1:00PM Tuesday, October 27th
Location:U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NM Ecological Services Field Office
Hawks Aloft, Inc. Join the HAI staff and volunteers at Weem's International Artfest 2009 at the Expo New Mexico on the New Mexico State Fairgrounds. Meet most of our avian educational ambassadors, learn more about Hawks Aloft, and check out our gorgeous raffle quilt! Tickets will be available there.
Time:10:00AM Friday, November 13th
Location:Expo New Mexico, New Mexico State Fairgrounds
Hawks Aloft, Inc. Meet six of the Hawks Aloft educational ambassadors, a Red-tailed Hawk, a Swainson's Hawk, a Great Horned Owl, a Merlin, a Western Screech-Owl, and a Common Raven, along with staff and volunteers of Hawks Aloft at this annual festival.
Hawks Aloft, Inc. Meet, Kenna, a Western Screech-Owl, scientific name, Megascops Kennicottii. Due to an eye infection, her right eye collapsed. Because she lacks binocular vision, she can never be released.
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Little Red-tail's surgery went well and he has passed his 7-day check-up, now in training for education. It's amazing how an animal accepts a handicap, such as the loss of an eye, as if it were completely normal. This little guy acts like he has lived his entire life with people, shows no fear, took food from the hand... on Day 1. He is going to adapt well to life in captivity. No name yet, and no photos yet.Read More
Hawks Aloft, Inc. Ferrug's big day filming at the Ranch. We just received these photos from Graham Horder, the BBC cameraman, capturing our star in action.
Hawks Aloft, Inc. Here's a better photo. He struggles with sinus infections during the winter months.
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Mexico, our 12+ year old Mississippi Kite, came to us as an adult so we can only guess at his real age. Wild Mississippi Kites migrate to Central American well in advance of the onset of cold temperatures, and Mex has to be brought indoors when temps dip to 50 degrees. He'd prefer to never have to be indoors and puts... up a big fuss when brought inside at night. During the winter he lives indoors except for sunny afternoons.Read More
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Meet Cimarron del Norte, or "refugee from the north". He joined our group of educational ambassadors two years ago, on December 13. We got a call from a rancher in Roy, NM, fours hours to the northeast, saying, "I found this hawk on the side of the road and it's in my garage and a garage is no place for a bird. If y...ou won't come and get him, I will take care of it myself". Ron drove up right away, but before he left, we speculated as to what the species would be. We were in for a big surprise because Cimarron is a Rough-legged Hawk, an Arctic nesting species that only gets this far south during some winters. He had an old, healed elbow injury which would indicate that he had been here for some length of time, but that did not match with the winter arrival dates for this species. He also was exceptionally calm, especially for an adult and he bore no sign of recent injury. His story will remain a mystery.Read More
