This morning was our first day with clouds since arriving at Whitefish Point. While it made for a beautiful sunrise, the prospects of being able to detect the solar eclipse seemed dimmed.
The day started unusually. The first two migrants were adult Golden Eagles. Was that a good omen? Perhaps.
Migrants started sailing by. The day was once again dominated by hundreds of Red-tailed Hawks.
But we had to keep an eye on, or in this case below the feeders where this Least chipmunk appeared.
While scanning the sky a flock of Bohemian Waxwings descended on the pines in the drive. As a group of 37 birds they were impressive.
But a single waxwing was even more impressive.
Sharp-shinned Hawks zipped by, mostly too fast to get a photo. This one landed in a nearby tree.
I was completely taken with the movement of Rough-legged Hawks. This is a dark-morph bird.
Here’s a light-morph Rough-legged Hawk.
Bald Eagles passed by with a couple every hour.
Rounding out the raptor photos is one of the several dozen Turkey Vultures.
And finally, there was a solar eclipse. This photo was taken through the clouds as it was close to the maximum here at Whitefish Point.
More later…
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