It was 'Lake Effects' day yesterday. There was so much mist and moisture in the air, that the sun was a great orange ball in the sky at 8:30am. Then it disappeared into the clouds and the hazy mist.
Dezi and I went for a walk at Beamer Park - that's the park on the brow of the escarpment where the hawk watch occurs in Spring and Fall. There was no view to 'soak up' - but there was the intense golden colours of the maples. Predominant are Sugar Maple and Red Oak. We met a few fellow photographers, and one metal detector enthusiast who showed me a coin dated 1847 that he found last week.
The hay bales in the first picture will go to Andy's farm - Our Gate to Your Plate - and will feed his cattle.
It was Hawkfest on Easter Friday.This happens at Beamer Park on top of the escarpment at the point i;n the escarpment that juts out towards the lake. The hawk count has been done each year since 1975. Here is the site with North American summaries - Mexico, the U.S., Panama and Canada. There are over 300 sites that capture data. Grimsby is one of 20 sites that list the daily count. There are large numbers (1490) coming through New York sites, with 207 yesterday counted in Grimsby. Yesterday would be a good day - sunny and windy. So there will be bigger numbers coming through to Grimsby in the next few days and weeks, depending on the weather.
It was too bad that our festival day was a dull, rainy day. There were few hawks to be seen and counted. Other years, there is a stream of birds passing high and low overhead. It is quite exciting to hear it when there's a Bald Eagle sighted overhead - our highlight was this Bald Eagle up close.
