Going to Hawk Cliff to go watch migrating Raptors is becoming a bit of a pilgrimage for me. It’s only the second time I’ve gone there, but the quality of the experience is profound. To get to see these Birds whom, when you see individually during your everyday, it is always a highlight of the day. But to go see hundreds of these amazing predatory birds is just astounding. What a gift.

Hawk Cliff is a chance to be social, a chance to learn, a chance to share and be in awe and wonder at some of the most beautiful birds on the continent.

This episode is recording a trip down to Hawk Cliff with some dear friends, including Matt, Britta, Adrian, and Danielle. The structure is similar to old audiozines I used to make, describing in situ as well as voice overs to tell the story a little better and to give context to the audio.

List of books mentioned:

Hawks and Owls of the Great Lakes Region, Chris Earley. Firefly.

The Life History of North American Birds of Prey, Arthur Cleveland Bent. Dover.

Hawks at a Distance, Jerry Liguori. Princeton University Press.

Birds of Ontario, Andy Bezener. Lone Pine.

Peterson Field Guide to Birds, Roger Tory Peterson. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Field Guide to the Migrating Raptors of Hawk Cliff. Hawk Cliff Foundation.

The Crossley ID guide to Eastern Birds, Richard Crossley. Princeton University Press.

Useful references and links:

Hawk Cliff website

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gynandromorph