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Four fledgling Puerto Rican Sharp-shinned Hawks perched on a branch outside our new hack box.

Puerto Rico Program “Hacking it” For Young Hawks

When our Puerto Rico Program restarted propagation efforts for the Endangered Puerto Rican Sharp-shinned Hawk earlier this year after a three-year hiatus, much of the infrastructure needed to be updated...
An adult Ridgway's Hawk feeds a foster nestling placed in its nest by our team after it was rescued from its original nest as an egg.

Ridgway’s Hawk Hatched in Incubator For First Time

When our Dominican Republic team noticed a Ridgway’s Hawk nest had lost its mother for reasons unknown, they stepped in to make sure the unhatched eggs had a shot at life. One problem: no Ridgway’s Hawk had...
An adult Ridgway's Hawk perched on a palm frond.

Green Status Assessment for Ridgway’s Hawk Completed

The Peregrine Fund has conducted its very first Green Status of Species assessment on the Ridgway’s Hawk. Created to complement the IUCN Red List of Species, an IUCN Green Status of Species assessment...
A man standing with troptical trees behind him holding a clipboard and looking at something through binoculars

The People of The Peregrine Fund: Nojine

With over twenty years of experience monitoring Ridgway’s Hawks in the Dominican Republic, Field Biologist Hilario Jorge Polanco—known to our team as Nojine—is one of the longest-tenured members of the...