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Erie Metropark Hawks

We spend part of the day yesterday at the Detroit River Hawk Watch in Erie Metropark which is in Wayne County, Michigan. I spent from 9 AM until noon watching hawks. I wan’t disappointed. I was able to seen over 2,000 Broad-winged Hawks, which was nice. If I had stayed the entire day I might…

A talk about Brazil

Last night I had the pleasure of giving a talk on the Pantanal, Brazil at the downtown library. The talk was surprisingly well attended. We saw a bunch of people tht we hadn’t seen in a long time. Here are a couple of photos that I used. Sunbitterns, a favorite tropical bird. Giant anteater with…

Holiday Beach, Ontario

Yesterday my friend Mike and I spend the morning and early afternoon at Holiday Beach Conservation Area in Ontario, Canada. From 1980 until around 1990 I spend a lot of time there as both a bird-watcher and hawk counter. But, not only did we go there we got to use the Gordie Howe Bridge to…

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