Local Hawk Watch Information

Fyke members participate as volunteer coordinators, counters, and spotters at several locations during the annual Fall migration.

The counts for all the North American hawk watch sites are compiled at the Hawk Watch website maintained by the Hawk Migration Association.

Mt Peter Hawk Watch in Warwick, NY

Directions: https://maps.app.goo.gl/FxZEXFfpJTR7iyeB9

Stiles Thomas founded the Mt Peter Hawk Watch in 1958. It is the oldest all-volunteer hawk watch and third-oldest hawk watch in the country. Judy Cinquina was coordinator for many years. Ken Witkowski is the current coordinator. kenwitkowski@yahoo.com

The 2025 Mt Peter Report can be found here. The 2025 monthly data recorded on the Hawk Migration Association website can be found here.

Some of the history of the Mount Peter Hawk Watch can be found here. The 2018 Winter Fyke Newsletter has information about research and Mt Peter data found here.

State Line Hawk Watch in Alpine, NJ

Directions: https://maps.app.goo.gl/iQ4oBAEiFgr6ngz4A

The Palisades Interstate Park Commission's Linn Pierson founded this hawk watch — the only major hawk watch in Bergen County — in 1997 and ran it until her death in 2007. In 2010, Stiles Thomas and the Park Commission got it going again, with Nancy Slowik as the coordinator. Stiles Thomas took over as the coordinator in 2011, with the help of Kurt Muenz. In recent years, Karl Soehnlein coordinated the hawk watch. Jim Wright is now the coordinator.

The hawk watch season runs from the day after Labor Day until mid-November from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. To volunteer to be a raptor counter, email Jim at wrightjamesb@gmail.com