NO SIGHTINGS Please join DuPage Birding Club for its July 10th meeting at College of DuPage

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DBC’s July meeting features a screening of the new documentary HAWKWATCH, featuring DBC and Borrego Springs Hawkwatch founding member Hal Cohen and directed by Alicia Wszelaki.

Revered raptors, dedicated citizen scientists, and a fragile desert environment—HAWKWATCH the film brings them all together.  Watch as a passionate group works tirelessly to perpetuate their legacy: the support of the Swainson Hawk migration. This local team strives to inspire a new generation of “Hawksters” to continue the vital task of monitoring and protecting the migration through California. But aging, human-driven climate change, business development, and even Mother Nature create obstacles that threaten it all.

HAWKWATCH has been in production since early 2023. In addition to filming two full seasons of hawk migration through Borrego Springs, California, the cast and crew traveled to Veracruz, Mexico; Antelope Valley, California; and Corpus Christi, Texas to capture on film the incredible spectacle of avian migration and nesting. This documentary showcases the intense beauty and sense of awe inspired by the annual hawk migration, and the efforts that the local Hawksters are making to keep it alive. HAWKWATCH visually depicts the perilous existence of raptors during their 20,000-mile journey, and the power of individuals to try to make a difference for their world. Visit the website to watch the trailer at www.BorregoSpringsHawkwatch.com.  Hal and Alicia will be available for Q&A after the showing. The runtime is about 45 minutes.

This meeting will be both in-person and on Zoom, but due to the showing of the documentary, there will not be a recording for later viewing. To register for the Zoom meeting, CLICK HERE