HAWK RIDGE MIGRATION

Osprey - by Pete Wuebker

Today Pete forwarded an email that contained an unimaginable raptor observation count for Hawk Ridge in Duluth:

Total observation time: 10.25 hours

Conditions: wind west 3-14 mph, temp 36-61, sky partly to mostly cloudy

Raptor Observations: flight ended abruptly at 1500 (CST)

American Pelicans - by Pete Wuebker

Non-raptor Observations: 1544 non-raptors included 24 Lapland Longspurs – common to the Arctic tundra, 10 Horned Larks, 1 Dark-eyed Junco, 924 Blue Jays, 1 Winter Wren, 13 Rusty Blackbirds, 14 Northern Flickers, 9 Bobolinks, 60 American White Pelicans, 16 Sandhill Cranes, 1 American Golden Plover, 1 White-crowned Sparrow, 45 Yellow-rumped Warblers

The Swainson’s Hawk sighting is particularly interesting, as this is a migration from North America to Argentina.  Also, the Lapland Longspurs have arrived all the way from the Arctic.  We’ll be heading up to Hawk Ridge this weekend.

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