Hawk Watch (Off Site)

This event will take place at Blueberry Hill in Granville, MA. Please park in the designated area at the entranceway. Participants are required to sign a waiver. Waivers will be handed out on the day of before the walk at the location. Participants must register with the Southwick Public Library if they will be attending. Meet at 9am at the parking area on September 25. Please bring binoculars. You may also bring a folding chair, snacks, etc. Please note, there are no facilities at this location. 

This watch will be lead by John Weeks: Raptors migrate south through our area starting in August and continuing until early December.  Mid-September is when we see the greatest number and variety of hawks and other birds of prey.  On a good day, we can hope to see two species of vultures, bald eagles, ospreys, red-tailed hawks, red-shouldered hawks, broad-winged hawks, Cooper’s and sharp-shinned hawks, northern harriers and American kestrels. The hawk watch will start at 9am. The timing of the raptors’ passage varies from day to day.  Some of them prefer to migrate early in the day, others around mid-day and still others late in the afternoon.  There will likely be other kinds of birds passing through as well, not to mention monarch butterflies and the odd bat.  I will do my best to identify everything we see and explain how to tell the various species apart.