The Falcon Research Group (FRG) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the
support of field research, public education, and the conservation of raptors.
For over 20 years, the Falcon Research Group has been conducting raptor research
in Western Washington, USA, and throughout the world. Our Hawkwatching classes
have given hundreds of people an insight into the lives of birds of raptors.
Thousands of Seattle citizens have followed the activities of local peregrines
on the Washington Mutual tower via our web camera.
Welcome to the Southern Cross Peregrine Project and the 2008 Chilean-Arctic
Northbound Peregrine Migration
In January 2008, the SCPP field team (Mark Prostor, Kathy Gunther and Bud Anderson) journeyed south to Chile
for a three week trapping effort beginning near the city of Puerto Montt at approximately 41 degrees, 30 minutes
south latitude. Our goal was to locate and satellite tag the southernmost known migrant tundra peregrines in the world.
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Read more here.
Seattle Peregrines Nesting at the Washington Mutual Tower
(New)
The first Peregrine Falcons to nest in Seattle selected the Washington Mutual Tower
as their breeding site in 1994. The adults, Stewart and Bell, raised a number of ...
Read more here.
Entiat Ridge Project
In the fall we study raptor migration at Entiat Ridge in the Cascade Mountains.
Each season we band 200 to 350 birds. Read more about the project on the
Entiat Ridge Hawk Migration page.
The 2007 season has ended with 280 hawks banded - see the blog for details.
