What do you need for a hawk watch? You need:

1. Chocolate (form is debatable ... however, it has been well documented through the seasons that the more chocolate one consumes on site, the higher the number of hawks will be seen) (goes double for the expensive chocolates)
2. Paperwork (what's any activity without the paperwork?)
3. Weather monitors (fingers moistened and stuck in the air to high-tech digital sensors; whatever works)
4. Counters (must have myopic squints, to show experience in prior counts; look for calluses on fingers from working clickers; hair worn off back of head from slamming into ground for counting those rivers of hawks directly overhead; ability to count not only while dodging traffic and other watchers, but to assume contortions while doing so that would thrill PT Barnum, without missing a beat or losing one's place in the count)
5. A deep and quirky sense of humor ... you leave this baby home, and it's all done but the crying.

How do you count hawks? Fast! Very fast!! (Okay, okay! For a little straighter answer .... see the "What Is A Kettle?" lesson in the Raptor Identification Section of this web site.) (Remember that sense of humor requirement? <grin!> ... very important!)