Where Eagles Go

Wake Up on the Bright Side   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.

The Glow of Snow

Hi everyone,

This is Beamer Park, on the escarpment, where the hawk count is done in the spring and fall.  It is considered to be the best vantage point in the Niagara Peninsula to observe the hawks and the view over Grimsby and the lake is panoramic.  As a natural escarpment property this area has an old forest with Sugar Maple and Red Oak as well as some old Hemlock and White Cedar. 

This was last year's big snow fall with lens effects by Topaz.