HawkWatch International - Yaki Point in GCNP. Tuesday, Sept. 24 - 7:00am

HawkWatch International teaching event - at Yaki Point in GCNP. Tuesday, Sept. 24th, 7:00 AM – approximately 4:00 PM. We have been confirmed! HawkWatch International accepts parties to visit their site at Yaki Point: Breathtaking canyon views are only made better by the site of migrating raptors. From our Grand Canyon HawkWatch you get the rare experience of looking down at the raptors as they fly below you. Three decades ago, birders along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon noticed these raptors migrating. As a result, HawkWatch International set up an official count site in the area in 1991 at Lipan Point and then at its current location, Yaki Point, in 1997. (https://hawkwatch.org/migration-network/grand-canyon/) For those leaving from Sedona and the Verde Valley, we will meet at Indian Gardens Market in Oak Creek Canyon at 7:00 am. We’ll combine cars and drive up to Flagstaff to meet with folks from Flagstaff. In Flagstaff, we will meet at the older Walmart parking lot located at: 2750 S Woodlands Village Blvd, at 7:45 am. Once we are through the entrance of GC Nat’l Park, we will bird our way to Yaki Point.

Walking approximately ½ mile carrying our chairs, optics, food, water, etc. If you have a Disability Card for your auto, you can drive to the circle at Yaki Point and unload from there. We will get schooled by the Hawk Watch International experts on raptor I.D. and observe them counting raptors and accipiters as birds use the thermals to climb their way out of the bottom of the canyon and migrate Southward. We will be sitting at the point for approximately 3 hours. Depending on weather. We will arrive back at Walmart in Flagstaff at approx. 3:00 and Indian Gardens at approximately 4:00 pm. Bring your Grand Canyon Park pass, a lightweight lawn chair (or backpack chair) water, food, cameras, scopes, binoculars, etc. And all of the necessary clothes for the weather at the Grand Canyon. The weather can be erratic. Prepare accordingly. Sometimes it’s very hot and sometimes very windy. Might need a windbreaker. Definitely a hat and sunscreen. Suggestion: Bring a backpack for carrying water, food & clothing layers. Please Contact Kay Hawklee by text at: 432-703-0007 if you are interested or email khawklee@gmail.com for more information.