Although the Banding totals don't reflect it , it was a Record Breaking Day at Innisfree Raptor Station. We had great weather as the 3rd of 3 Cold Fronts pushed through this morning, leaving in its wake a Trail of Hawks . Broad-winged Hawks started going by about 11am an were in Kettles of 20 to 100+ Birds. We have never seen these size of Kettles at our station and it was an amazing sight to see as Kettle after Kettle went over us. Obviously this was by far the largest movement of Broad-wings thus far this season and was reflected at other Stations on the Shores of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
Well over 400 Hawks were seen today, which is a Record. Hopefully as we record more years we will see a larger picture of Hawk Migrations in Simcoe County.
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