• A quiet summer walk through the Marching Bear Group of effigy mounds

    Effigy Mounds

    National Monument Iowa

Annual HawkWatch Weekend

HawkWatch at Effigy Mounds

Strix the Wonder Owl with her biggest fan - Sarah.

NPS Photo

Hawk Watch 2013

Celebration of the Annual Fall Hawk Migration

along the Mississippi River

Saturday, October 5th

9:30 a.m. Video, Raptor Force

10:00 a.m. - Hawk ID for Beginners by Mike Havlik

11:30 a.m. - Peregrine Falcon in Iowa by Pat Schlarbaum

1:00 p.m. - Life of Raptors (live bird presentation) by Diane Moller

2:30 p.m.- What Do the Birds Have to Teach Us?by Mike Havlik

3:30 p.m. - Bird Monitoring by Jon Stravers

Sunday, October 6th

9:30 a.m. - Video, Raptor Force

11:00 a.m. - Big Owls Hoot, Little Owls Toot by Mike Havlik

1:00 p.m. - Iowa's Birds of Prey (live bird presentation) by Luke Hart of

the McBride Raptor Center

2:30 p.m. - Osprey in Iowa by Pat Schlarbaum

Both Saturday & Sunday

  • Binoculars and spotting scopes for identifying raptors available.
  • Caught and banded raptors are released at Effigy Mounds Visitor Center.

Free kids activities from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

 
Hawk

"Dave" the Wonder Hawk

Image credit: Dave Kester for Trapping, Banding and Posing This Red Tail for NPS Photographer

There are activities for young and old. Come and join us.

 
Hawk
Red Tail Hawk Trapped and Banded during HawkWatch 2007
NPS Photo
 
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Did You Know?

Bird Mounds: Effigy Mounds National Monument today - is a sacred site to many American Indians.

Effigy Mounds National Monument is located in territory that was hotly contested by Indians and the American government. In 1832, the U.S. forced the Sauk and Fox tribes to cede land south of the “Neutral Ground” along the Mississippi River, which included the lands of the present National Monument.