Hawk Cliff

 a bird-bander releases an immature red tail hawk at Hawk Cliff

It's migration time once again for all the birds that are heading south after a long summer in Canada. One of the best places to see migrating hawks at this time of year is Hawk Cliff, just east of Port Stanley, on Lake Erie.

Hawks and eagles like to glide on the rising air of thermals but because there are no thermals over bodies of water, they bunch together into huge groupings called kettles, along the north shore of Lake Erie. Looking up with a pair of binoculars I saw hundreds of broad-winged hawks circling together. A magnificent sight!