Don and I went to Lake Erie Metropark yesterday to look at migrating hawks. As is typical for this site the hawks were extremely high. This is a dozen Broad-winged Hawks. After a few hours at the park we decided to head down to the headquarters of Pointe Mouillee where we were hoping to see more birds. The north-west winds were pushing the birds to the south of Erie Metropark.
We weren’t disappointed, at least for a short time. The Broad-winged Hawks came in one large batch.
There were about 500 birds that passed in a few minutes. We also saw a smattering of other hawks and Bald eagles.
More tomorrow…
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