Anyone can have an impact. All of us can help to help safeguard our planet and all that dwells upon it. This is the role of the citizen scientist.

New species of flora, ancient fossils, and even planets in the solar system have been discovered by citizen scientists. Citizen science and Swainson’s Hawks have been an important part of Borrego Springs for decades. This effort, dating to the 1950’s, has continued to the present led by The Borrego Valley Hawkwatch, which is now the only remaining spring hawk watch in the state of California.

As the Hawksters persist with the difficult undertaking of studying and learning more about these beautiful raptors, they are eager to share their history, now presented in the HAWKWATCH documentary.