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Glad I made it out to Detroit River Hawk Watch today. November weather has not been kind for hawk migration or the observers doing the daily counts.

From today's summary:

"Apparently, the Weather Gods could only sustain their November cruelty for so long before their conscience began to play on them.

We were granted a one-day reprieve from the strong adverse winds that have been the main entrée on the weather menu this month."

https://hawkcount.org/day_summary.php?rsite=285&ryear=2025&rmonth=11&rday=14

#HawkCount #BirdMigration #Michigan

Yesterday was a good day at our local hawk count watch, over 8,000 raptors in flight with the first Rough-legged Hawks coming through.

https://hawkcount.org/day_summary.php?rsite=285&ryear=2025&rmonth=10&rday=25

#birds #HawkCount #FallMigration

#BorregoSprings #AnzaBorregoDesert #AnzaBorregoDesertStatePark #AnzaBorregoPark #HawkWatch #HawkCount #Hawk #Swainson #SwainsonsHawk #AnzaBorregoStatePark

From mid-February to mid-April, dedicated citizen scientists in Borrego Springs, California rise each day before dawn to stand in a fallow field to witness and count the transit of Swainson’s Hawks, often thousands of raptors in a few hours.

The Swainson’s Hawk makes a 7000-mile migration from the pampas of Argentina to breeding grounds in North America, pausing for a night or two in this ancient desert to feast on grasshoppers before ascending on the thermals created by the dawn sun to continue their journey north. Most mornings large kettles of Swainsons (sometimes mingling with Turkey Vultures) sprial slowly into the air before disappearing over the Santa Rosa mountain range.

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