Broad-winged Hawks!

Today I finally saw Broad-winged Hawks migrating! We saw just a few today, but tomorrow's weather conditions are ideal for a major migration. We are all keeping our fingers crossed. We went to a second location this afternoon called Point Mouillee and saw a LOT of shorebirds, and several soaring Bald Eagles, masquerading as Broad-winged Hawks (haha). This location is beautiful and a lot more natural; no boaters or jet skis. Back at the Boat Ramp location I saw over 200 Cormorants skimming along the water. Other new species for the day included Merlin and Red-tails.

I took a walk on the boardwalk to the Nature Center in Lake Erie Metropark and saw Red-winged Blackbirds, Frogs and Deer.

It rained this a.m., so we got a late start, but it still turned out to be a beautiful, mild fall day.

Fellow Hawkwatchers Joanne, Hal and Wes

Lake Erie Metropark Boardwalk

Frog

Deer

Point Mouillee