HAWK ALERT! During the spring migration there will be evenings when 100+ raptors arrive in the Borrego Springs valley. That’s the cue for the email blast. Sign up for the HAWK ALERT to learn the “Hawksters” best strategy to witness the spectacular Swainson’s Hawk migration once it continues on the following morning!
THE DOCUMENTARY
2025 | NR | 00:42:00
Local birders attempt to protect the Swainson’s Hawk migration in Southern California. The “Hawksters” strive for success, but aging, climate change, business development, and even Mother Nature herself produce obstacles that threaten it all.
Available for the educational market.
“Awareness leads to protection, Protection leads to conservation, and conservation leads to a healthy planet”
— Hal Cohen, Founder Borrego Valley Hawkwatch
“There’s a lot of things going on over our heads. You just have to look up.”
WHY THIS FILM & Why NOW?
HAWKWATCH is more than a documentary. The hope is for this film to become a catalyst for broader conservation.
As such, it was important to create a very accessible movie. One that not only explained Swainson’s Hawks and their environment, but a film that is entertaining to the viewer.
By highlighting the amusing characters that track these birds, a positive upbeat theme becomes the core of the film. We yearned to make a wholesome story about citizen science, one that revealed the emotional rewards of studying nature, and how that attitude can help realize change.
We truly want these “HAWKSTERS” in Borrego Springs to achieve their bigger goals. And as we show this doc at various screenings, whether at film festivals, schools, regional theaters, backyards, or even online, these dreams become closer and closer to reality.
When people learn of the endeavors underway in our small village, the inspirations that emerges might ultimately be more profound than any of us could have ever imagined.
HAWK ALERT
e-mail notification when 100+ hawks are migrating through Borrego Springs!