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The Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve in Duluth, Minnesota is one of
North America's best places to experience the spectacle of the fall
raptor migration. Migrating birds, including raptors and passerines,
concentrate in impressive numbers at the western tip of Lake
Superior. Some travel from as far away as the Arctic and pass
through Duluth on their way to their wintering areas to the south.
Reluctant to cross a large body of water, migrants funnel down the
North Shore along the ridges that overlook the city. On a good day,
visitors may see hundreds—even thousands—of birds flying
by!
Come and celebrate the migration at our annual Hawk Weekend!
Friday evening is "An Evening for Everyone", including a social and refreshments, live birds, "Guess-the-Number-of-Hawks Contest", and a presentation by Kim Risen, naturalist, author, photographer, and tour leader. He will present on birding and nature in Aitkin County, Minnesota from his award-winning book -"Aitkin County, Naturally!". Kim was the founder and publisher of NatureScape News, a tabloid news magazine emphasizing the FUN of birding, butterflying and the wonders of nature.
Saturday will offer a variety of field trips and seminars away from the Ridge, and hawkwatching, interpretive programs, banded hawk and passerine demonstrations, optics displays, merchandise, and refreshments at the Hawk Ridge Main Overlook. Saturday evening offers a social and refreshments, our annual member meeting, a fabulous "sustainable" dinner, awards, a silent auction, and a keynote address by Dr. William Bowerman, Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Toxicology at Clemson University. His presentation is titled, "Sea Eagles as Environmental Messengers - What They Tell Us About The Health of Our Planet". Dr. Bowerman has been studying bald eagle ecology and effects of environmental pollutants in the Great Lakes region since 1984.
Sunday will offer a variety of field trips and activities at the Hawk Ridge Main Overlook.
All activities at the Hawk Ridge Main Overlook
are open to the public; everything else requires registration. For
more details about Hawk Weekend, contact us at 218.428.6209 or
mail@hawkridge.org.
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