tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552045987668023231.post4579216344920719749..comments2024-03-23T17:29:21.173-04:00Comments on Bill of the Birds on Blogspot: Cape Mays and Cape MayBill of the Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16000245161006147448noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552045987668023231.post-24427737654951799432006-09-27T19:58:00.000-04:002006-09-27T19:58:00.000-04:00Cape May in late September is my favorite place in...Cape May in late September is my favorite place in the world! Gotta get there and soon!<BR><BR>The hawkwatch platform is so massive now - have you seen it? Big change from how it was in the beginning, I guess.<BR><BR>My favorite places are the fields and meadows where a lot of the banding is done. Lovely to be out birding and come across the horses that are pastured in those fields.<BR><BR>Laura - just 109 "exits" from the Point<BR><BR>(Sorry, Jersey joke)LauraHinNJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06973177895164528485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552045987668023231.post-52671577271665013432006-09-27T09:00:00.000-04:002006-09-27T09:00:00.000-04:00There is a major hawk migration point about an hou...There is a major hawk migration point about an hour away from Rondeau at Holiday Beach near the Detroit River.<BR>We have gone there several times and watched the banders demonstration. They also had a sharpie in a Pringles can.<BR>They rotated the can clockwise and counter clock wise to show how the sharpies head stayed in position while its body rotated.<BR>This allowed the bird to stay fixed on its target. It is a memory that has stayed with us.<BR><BR>The first time we attended a Mid West Birding Symposium at Lake City (?) Lakeview (?), Ohio an announcement was made that 500,000 broad winged hawks had gone thru Holiday Beach / Metro Beach (US) in one day.<BR><BR>BT3, memories are wonderful however the more you have the older you are.Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16757905904813824235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552045987668023231.post-74379999289144795072006-09-26T22:47:00.000-04:002006-09-26T22:47:00.000-04:00I love the image of hawks in tennis ball and Pring...I love the image of hawks in tennis ball and Pringle's cans. You don't find that as a size reference in any garden variety field guide, now do you?<BR>Cheers,<BR>Caroline in SD, miles from Cape May.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552045987668023231.post-89690451081311387252006-09-26T22:04:00.000-04:002006-09-26T22:04:00.000-04:00I like how your mind turned the clock back after s...I like how your mind turned the clock back after seeing Cape Mays. Our minds are such fascinating things...all those neural pathways twisting around each other and taking us to a place from long ago...by a certain scent, a bird, a poem. Ahhh...Susan Gets Nativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078356859687789659noreply@blogger.com