Meet the Birds
The following broadwings are actively transmitting movement data.
Monadnock
An adult female from New Hampshire trapped on June 28, 2021. She is named after the Monadnock region in southwestern New Hampshire by project collaborators and donors, the Harris Center for Conservation Education.
Thelma
An adult female trapped in New Hampshire. This is the first broadwing in New Hampshire to be affixed with a Cellular Tracking Technologies GPS-GSM transmitter. She was named after a long-time conservation hero in the Hancock region, Thelma Babbitt.
CU HOME
The first broad-winged hawk to be trapped in the state of Connecticut. Her name is a mix of initials in honor of the three founders of the Northeast Hawkwatch.
Frankie
An adult female trapped in Connecticut on June 28, 2021. She was the second Connecticut broadwing to be equipped with the 9g GPS-GSM transmitter made by Cellular Tracking Technologies.
Harris
An adult male. First broadwing to be tagged in New Hampshire. He is named after the Harris Center for Conservation Education.
Charlotte 2.0
An adult female trapped in the Muskoka's (Ontario, Canada) at the end of August 2021. She is named after our collaborator from the Simcoe County Banding Group.
Allison
An immature broadwing trapped at a local banding station in Pennsylvania on Sept 11, 2021. This bird is named after one of our wonderful project donors.
Broadwing Movement Maps
Where are the birds?
Map updated as of October 18, 2021.
Learn More
The interactive map linked below shows three broadwings' latest movements in relation to one another. It's updated as the broadwings' satellite telemetry units transmit to our database.
Movements of Satellite-tagged Broadwings
The interactive map linked below is a cumulative map showing all movements of our tracked birds from 2014 to 2020, illustrating their migratory pathways from northeast United States through Central and South America.
Broadwing Movements from 2014-2020
Sponsor a Tagged Bird
Want to support these monitoring and tracking efforts? Help continue this important work and sponsor and name a bird in honor of a friend or loved one. With your help we can learn how to conserve our most abundant migrant. Donate now at the link below.
Click the links below to download Google Earth data from two of our tracked broadwings. This data can be used as part of our Ecological Profile of the Broad-winged Hawk high school curriculum. You must have Google Earth Pro installed in order to view and interact.