Smith Point Hawk Watch Celebration

GCBO’s Smith Point Hawk Watch is celebrating its 29th year of raptor monitoring this fall. The hawk watch, located in Candy Abshier Wildlife Management Area, is situated on a natural concentration point for southwardly moving raptors in fall migration.
On October 11, 2025, from 10:00am -1:00pm, we will be hosting our Smith Point Hawk Watch Celebration at the hawk watch. There will be food, drinks, a raptor presentation, and some live raptors on display. And, as always plenty of raptors soaring through the sky! Our staff and volunteers will be manning the tower, monitoring the birds and pointing them out to guests. Visitors will be able to look through scopes and binoculars and see the migration up close. Come celebrate 29 years of research and conservation with us this fall!

You may also like the following events from Gulf Coast Bird Observatory:

• Next month, 16th August, 08:00 am, Bird Banding in Lake Jackson
• This September, 13th September, 08:00 am, Xtreme Hummingbird Xtravaganza Day 1 in Lake Jackson
• This September, 20th September, 08:00 am, Xtreme Hummingbird Xtravaganza Day 2 in Lake Jackson