Broadwing Movement Maps

Where are the birds?

This interactive map shows the birds' latest movements in relation to one another. It's updated LIVE as the broadwings' telemetry units transmit to our database.

Below is a static, cumulative map showing all movements of our tracked birds from 2014 to 2018, illustrating their migratory pathways from northeast United States through Central and South America.

Scroll down to meet the birds that are actively transmitting their location.

A map showing broad-winged hawk migratory movements from northeast US to South America

Sponsor a Tagged Bird

Satellite tags help us understand the movement ecology, conservation threats, and habitat needs of Broad-winged Hawks. Help continue this important work and sponsor and name a bird in honor of a friend or loved one. One satellite unit costs $5,000, and one field assistant to locate nests costs $7,000. With your help we can learn how to conserve our most abundant migrant.

Meet the Birds

The following broadwings are actively transmitting movement data.

Rosalie

Rosalie was tagged on June 24, 2016 at the River of Rocks site on Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. Her mate, color band code 'white-green' was tagged just three days prior. The pair made their nest in a chestnut oak, where two young developed and fledged by 12 July.

Rosalie is the first adult Broadwing tagged on Hawk Mountain Sanctuary property!

Patty

Patty, the adult female from Radio Tower Road in the Allegheny National Forest was trapped on June 27, 2016. She was the first bird from the ANF to receive a 9.5 gram, solar PTT transmitter. Her nest, with two young, was in the crotch of a chestnut oak tree.

Sadie

With funding provided through the Pennsylvania DCNR's Wild Resource Conservation Program, Sadie was the third adult female broadwing tagged in the Delaware State Forest. She raised her two offspring in a white oak and had the darkest plumage of any other broadwing in our study.

Close up of a tracking device on the back of a female broad-winged hawk

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.

Track Abbo

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Track Sadie

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