Florida Keys Raptor Migration Project

<body stylesrc="Index1.htm" bgcolor="#E9D9F9"> <p>This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.</p> <p style="background-color: #003366; margin-bottom: 0" align="center"><b><font size="7" color="#FFFFFF">The Florida Keys Raptor Migration Project</font></b></p> <p style="background-color: #003366; margin-top: 0" align="center"><b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4">H  a  w  k  W  a  t  c  h     I  n  t  e  r  n  a  t  i  o  n  a  l</font></b></p> <div align="center"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" height="1"> <tr> <center> <td width="34%" height="0" valign="top"><img border="0" src="images/PG.jpg" width="276" height="250"></td> </center> <td width="104%" height="0"> <p align="left"><font face="Arial Rounded MT Bold" size="5"><i>T</i></font><font face="Arial Rounded MT Bold" size="4">he Florida Keys may be the most exciting location in the country to watch the migration of Falcons. Large numbers of Merlins, American Kestrels, and Peregrine Falcons pass through the Keys each fall en route to their southern wintering grounds.  Seventeen different raptor species migrate through the Keys including incredible numbers of Peregrine Falcons, and other species such as Short-tailed Hawks and Swainson’s Hawks that are rarely seen at other hawk watches in eastern North America.</font> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p><font face="Arial Rounded MT Bold"><strong><font size="6" color="#000000"><i>T</i></font></strong><font size="4">he Florida Keys Raptor Migration Project (FKRMP) is a partnership between <a href="HawkWatch.htm" target="_blank"> HawkWatch International</a> and the <a href="http://audubonofflorida.org">Florida Audubon Society</a>.  The goal of the FKRMP is to monitor populations of migratory raptors while providing high quality education to schools, community groups and the general public.</font></font></p> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" height="309"> <tr> <td width="422" height="303"><strong><font face="Arial Rounded MT Bold" size="6"><i>F</i></font></strong><font size="4" face="Arial Rounded MT Bold">KRMP observers count over 25,000 migrating raptors each fall.  The project also bands an average of 400 raptors of 10 different species each season. The FKRMP environmental education program reaches an average of 1700 community members, local students, and members of the general public each year.</font> <p> </p> <p>  </td> <td width="335" height="303"><img border="0" src="images/JA%20HY%20PGFA.jpg" width="332" height="214"> <p style="margin-top: 3; margin-bottom: 0" align="center">Photograph copyright Jeff Acuff, 1998.  Please do not reproduce without the permission of the photographer.  Thank you! </td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 2; margin-bottom: 2"> </p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 2; margin-bottom: 2"> </p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="center"><a href="Count1.htm"><b><font color="#000000">Raptor Counts</font></b></a><font color="#0000FF">:  <a href="2001totals.htm" target="_blank">This Season's Totals</a>  <a href="pasttotals.htm">1999 & 2000 Season Totals</a>  <a href="migtimetable.htm">Migration Time Table</a></font></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="center"><font color="#0000FF"><a href="Banding1.htm">Banding</a>  Band Recoveries  <a href="http://www.hawkwatch.org/RaptorWatch/Summer%202000/isotope.htm">Stable Isotope Research</a></font></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="center"> </p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="center"><font color="#000000"><b>Education</b></font><font color="#0000FF">:  <a href="edonsite1.htm">Onsite Visits</a>  <a href="edoffsite1.htm">Offsite Presentations</a>  <a href="fest.htm">The Florida Keys Wildlife and Birding Festival</a>  </font></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="center"><font color="#0000FF"><a href="kidsday.htm">Monroe County Third Grade Field Day</a>  <a href="resources.htm">Resources for Teachers and Students</a>  <a href="studentart.htm">Student Artwork</a></font></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="center"> </p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="center"><font color="#000000"><b>Raptor Information</b></font><font color="#0000FF">:  <a href="Info1.htm">What is a Raptor?</a>  <a href="raptormigration.htm">Raptor Migration</a>  <a href="flkeysmigration.htm">Migration in the Florida Keys</a>  <a href="whatwesee.htm">What do we see in the Keys?</a></font></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="center"> </p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="center"><font color="#0000FF"><a href="Notesfmfield.htm">Notes from the Field</a>  <a href="History1.htm">A History of Hawkwatching in the Florida Keys</a>  <a href="Staff1.htm">Staff and Volunteers</a>  <a href="volunteer1.htm">Volunteering Opportunities</a>  </font></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="center"><font color="#0000FF"><a href="Directions1.htm">Directions to the Site</a>  <a href="mailto:clott@abcbirds.org">Contact Us</a>  <a href="Acknow1.htm">Acknowledgements</a></font></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="center"> </p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="center"> </p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="center"><font face="Arial Rounded MT Bold">© Copyright HawkWatch International, 2001.  Questions or comments?  Contact us at <a href="mailto:clott@abcbirds.org">clott@abcbirds.org</a></font></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 2; margin-bottom: 2"> </p> <p> </p> </body>