Experience the MOST EPIC Hawk Migration at Hawk Weekend Festival!

Hawk Ridge in Duluth, Minnesota is a premier destination to watch migrating hawks and other birds, with American Goshawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Broad-winged Hawks, and American Kestrel as some of the top species to see. While up north, I had the chance to check out their Hawk Weekend festival to see if this spot lived up to the hype. This was filmed in September.
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More info about Hawk Ridge: www.hawkridge.org/ Our full interview with Erik Bruhnke: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXnHoGOaiqlnnJI

[@SarahSabetti]

My dad was an incredible birdwatcher. We could go into a woods in the Spring and he could show me a huge number of birds just by coaxing them out because he knew all the birdsongs. He saw the first yellow-throated warbler in Minnesota and was the only one who identified a wheatier. He used to band hawks. He got a "silver" award for his birdwatching in Wisconsin. I loved my time with him :)

[@verthosand]

This was amazing information. Thank you so much for another great video.

[@ManduhBear]

We were there on the big broad-winged hawk day, it was insane! And I got to release a sharpie! It was the best day ever! ❤️ Plus we learned soo much about hawk ID!

[@markshen3280]

Good Morning 🌅 to you from Singapore 🇸🇬. While during my holiday stay in Singapore 🇸🇬, yesterday I saw and photographed both the MALE and FEMALE, Ornate Sunbird, and I saw but was not able to photograph the FEMALE Green Leafbird, as it was moving too fast towards the top canopy of the 🌳 tree. It made my day and I was so happy 😀

[@NathanWebb-c5h]

Hawk Ridge looks amazing. My favorite hawks are the common black hawk and the zone-tailed hawk.

[@rerolley]

Planning to be there next week.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Awesome! We want to head back there again soon!

[@timjozwiak2293]

How absolutely wonderful! So cool !

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Thank you very much!

[@SarahSabetti]

I went to Hawk Ridge with my father, who was a great birdwatcher.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

That sounds like a special memory for sure!

[@DustinHaning]

Hawk ridge is an amazing place! It should be on every birder's bucket list imo, but I'm Minnesotan and might be biased 😁

[@Mad_Ancient_Computer_700AD]

Another amazing spot is Whitefish Point in Michigan's UP. Easy spot to get Golden Eagles, Goshawks, Rough-leggeds, and just about any other bird of prey

[@BadgerlandBirding]

We’ve heard about it! How reliable are the goshawks there?

[@Mad_Ancient_Computer_700AD]

@@BadgerlandBirding They're possible throughout spring and throughout fall, but they're mostly spotted around late march, right when golden eagles start to increase in numbers. Never super common, but you're guaranteed a few in the spring. I've only been a few times but I keep track of all the sightings around there. Absolutely legendary spot regardless--just recently a burrowing owl, great-tailed grackle, chestnut-collared longspur, and sabine's gulls have been spotted, all within the last week alone. Not to mention the Harris's sparrows that show up every fall.

[@Beryllahawk]

-wiggling in her chair- I absolutely want to do this someday - next year is unlikely tho (budgeting is hard) but I am keeping this as a goal for SURE!

[@nickwilson3952]

Just went to the Cape May Hawkwatch last weekend

[@BadgerlandBirding]

@@nickwilson3952 cool! How was it?

[@TheWolfHowls1]

I live in Milwaukee, there are a bunch of Cooper’s hawks right now they are migrating

[@TheWolfHowls1]

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[@clammerk1]

Hello. Next week I will be heading across Wisconsin on I 90. Is there anyplace that you guys would recommend for a quick stop on the way for birding? Thanks

[@BadgerlandBirding]

@@clammerk1 cool! Are you following I-90 all the way through?

[@DanielZmolek]

Disappointing to see a wild bird treated that way. Unsubscribe.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

@@DanielZmolek 👋 if you’re not open to seeing science communication in action that’s up to you. Being able to see and release a Hawk up close could be a big spark moment for people to want to learn more about birds and bird conservation, and they learn a lot from the banding data, while obviously the bird was unharmed.

[@DanielZmolek]

@@BadgerlandBirding no proof the bird was unharmed and ‘science’ has pretty much decimated birds. Wouldn’t care if they paraded a starling around but a majestic hawk is way better than that.