Species Recovery Efforts
Ferruginous Hawks
The population of eastern Washington’s state-threatened Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) has declined due to habitat loss, persecution, and lack of prey (ground squirrels and jackrabbits).
The hawks leave their eastern Washington shrub-steppe habitat each year in early summer and typically return before the next spring. Because the hawks are migratory, the entire picture of their decline cannot be understood without knowledge of their migration and wintering areas. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Woodland Park Zoo are collaborating on this project.
