![]() We were fortunate to have clear days and good winds. Numbers are highest when the winds are blowing from the north and west. The number of migrating raptors on a specific day is highly-dependent on the weather, especially the wind. We came up from Chicagoland for both fall colors and especially the chance to see different raptors in large numbers. The observatory and hawk count are at a specific location on the East Skyline Parkway above the coastline, within the nature reserve. From just a few days count in September the hawk count now starts in late August and lasts into November. ![]() Banding and formal systematic hawk counts began in 1972. The Duluth Bird Bird club managed to stop this practice and organized the first hawk count 60 years ago in 1951. Their migratory was long known to locals and hunters used to take advantage of their predictable routes. ![]() Migrating birds of prey head south from Canada and follow Minnesota’s North Shore coastline rather than flying directly across wide Lake Superior. We visited Duluth this fall specifically to check out the migrating raptors at Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve, reputed as “one of the great hawk flyways of the world”.
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