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CMBO Education Intern Cameron Cox [of the North Texas Coxes] 'in the shadow of the light' works on the hawks coming in before calling them out and guiding visitors onto them.
Right: Cameron conducts a mini-workshop on the basic decision-making process: accipiter... buteo... falcon.
On Saturdays and Sunday during the peak of the season at Cape May there's a 10am banding demonstration. Here, Kara Donahue, one of the hawk banders, has brought a young Cooper's Hawk [along with other birds] to the State Park from the banding stations scattered around the West Cape May area. The bird is released as the climax of each
Cape May and Kiptopeke [VA] are great places to see a fall banding demo; iin the spring, Braddock Bay [NY] offers special weekends with banding demos.