Hawks Aloft works to conserve indigenous wild birds through avian research, education and cooperation with others. We are based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Information
- Founded:
- 1994
Photos
2 of 9 albumsSee All
Wall PhotosUpdated last Saturday
Indigo, the American CrowCreated about 2 months ago
4 of 11 fan photosSee All
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Events
12 past eventsSee All
- Festival of the Cranes
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife...
Saturday, November 21 at 9:00am - Life & Times of New Mexico Rap...
Festival of the Cranes: Macey Cent...
Friday, November 20 at 1:00pm - Birds of the Middle Rio Grande...
Festival of the Cranes: Macey Cent...
Thursday, November 19 at 2:30pm - Weem's International ArtFest
Expo New Mexico, New Mexico State F...
Friday, November 13 at 10:00am - Raptor Handling Class
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NM ...
Tuesday, October 27 at 1:00pm - Dry Heat Gallery
Dry Heat Gallery
Tuesday, October 13 at 5:00pm - Renaissance Fair
Animas Park
Saturday, October 3 at 9:00am - Celebra la Ciencia
New Mexico State Fair
Friday, September 18 at 10:00am - The Life and Times of New Mexi...
Randall Davey Audubon Center
Thursday, September 17 at 6:00pm - Albuquerque Open Space 25th An...
Open Space Visitor Center
Saturday, August 8 at 11:00am
Notes
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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
Hawks Aloft, Inc. Another packed room for the Life and Times of New Mexico Raptors yesterday afternoon. This photo of eagles sparring over fish, taken by Doug Brown, was just one of the images that captured the life history of these amazing birds. We used our young, female Red-tailed Hawk at the program. She's blind in one eye, but fu...lly flighted, and very strong. At one point she bated off her perch, pulling over the entire box. As Ron Kellermueller, our raptor biologist, went to her aid, she leapt for the highest point - him!, standing on his back. Rescue completed and safely returned to her box in the blink of an eye. Never a dull moment working with birds. Today and tomorrow, we will be at refuge HQ with more birds. See you there.
Hawks Aloft, Inc. A juvenile Prairie Falcon, captured in flight by Doug Brown, has been seen at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge this week during Festival of the Cranes. Prairies often are hard to find and this photo was a big score. It arrived just in time for today's talk, "The Life and Times of New Mexico Raptors". Now, o...ut to catch the educational raptors that will be part of the program.
Hawks Aloft, Inc. Our talk about songbirds of the Middle Rio Grande Valley was a success and the room was packed. Trevor Fetz, our avian biologist, spoke about the songbirds and I covered the raptors. Yes, we did include raptors in our presentation, an important part of the food chain, and ducks too, because we had so many gorgeous im...ages. Afterwards, we received many compliments on the quality of our images. Thanks to Doug, David, and Keith! The Cooper's Hawk was a total hit with the audience as folks almost never get to be this close to a Coop, the epitome of ADHD in a bird.
Hawks Aloft, Inc. OOPS! I forgot to mention that this photo was taken by Doug Brown, one of our volunteers! We so appreciate the use of his photography and that of the others who generously donate theirs.
Hawks Aloft, Inc. Today is our talk on "Birds of the Middle Rio Grande Bosque" at Macey Center in Socorro. We are taking along three educational ambassadors, the American Crow, the Western Screech-Owl, and our female Cooper's Hawk. It's a beautiful day too!
Hawks Aloft, Inc. Brrr! Catching four birds in the snow and wind to go to Weem's Artfest today. At least they'll be inside where it's warmer.
Hawks Aloft, Inc. I've got to catch 6 of our educational ambassadors up this morning to take to Weem's Artfest where we will have an outreach booth, possibly a daunting task. I'll try for Cimarron, our Rough-legged Hawk first since he will probably give me the greatest chase! They KNOW what I'm up to and try their best to avoid having... to go out. But, they are huge hits with the crowd.
Hawks Aloft, Inc. Learn about the natural history of the many different birds of prey that can be found in New Mexico, along will little known fascinating facts gloriously illustrated by our many volunteer photographers, including David Powell and Doug Brown. Of course, we also will have live educational ambassadors on hand for close up viewing and photography.
Time:1:00PM Friday, November 20th
Location:Festival of the Cranes: Macey Center, Socorro, NM
Hawks Aloft, Inc. Join Gail Garber and Trevor Fetz to learn about the many different species that call the Middle Rio Grande bosque home for part of the year. We'll have some life educational ambassadors and the brilliant photography of volunteers, Doug Brown, David Powell, Keith Bauer, and others.
Time:2:30PM Thursday, November 19th
Location:Festival of the Cranes: Macey Center, Socorro, NM
Hawks Aloft, Inc. Help celebrate the annual return of the Sandhill Cranes to New Mexico along with the tens of thousands of other birds that make this their winter home. We'll be outside the visitor center on both Saturday and Sunday with many of our educational ambassadors as well as assisting visitors with bird identification on the E...agle Scout observation deck. Stop by to say hello and snap some of your own photos of our birds.
Time:9:00AM Saturday, November 21st
Location:Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
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...
Hawks Aloft, Inc.
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!
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.
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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...
