Every autumn, thousands of migrating birds of prey appear
over the Golden Gate near San Francisco, California.

Why are they here?

How are they doing?

Where do they go?

That's just what the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory is here to learn... The GGRO is turning 25! Join us for our anniversary celebration activities!

The GGRO's 2009 Hawkwatch and banding season has begun! Click here to view the Daily Hawkwatch Totals 2009 It is too late to join the Hawkwatch this fall, but if you are interested in volunteering as a Hawkwatcher or bander next fall, call the office at 415-331-0730 or email ggro@parksconservancy.org to receive an announcement about recruitment next spring.   If you have found a banded bird of any kind, click here to go to the USGS Bird Banding Lab Eurasian Kestrel banded at GGRO 10/23/2007!!! Have you seen a tagged Northern Harrier? The Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO) is three staff members and more than 280 community volunteers, all dedicated to studying the autumn hawk migration at the Golden Gate. The GGRO's guiding philosophy is that public involvement is a critical, yet often ignored component of long-term wildlife conservation. The GGRO's mission is to inspire the preservation of California raptor populations. The GGRO was formed in the early 1980s to track the Golden Gate migration, an annual flight of tens of thousands of hawks, eagles falcons, and vultures - birds collectively called "raptors." The GGRO is a program of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy in cooperation with the National Park Service.