The Harford Bird Club took a trip to Hawk Mountain, PA on October 13th, 2008. The sanctuary includes overlooks along a high ridgeline right along the path taken by migrating raptors in the fall. The ridge is high enough that we could look down on many of the birds passing by.

We spent most of the day at the North Lookout. This is the view from my rock:

Most of the birds we saw were Sharp Shinned Hawks:

More Sharpie photos (from other locations) here.

A couple of Ospreys flew by:

More Osprey photos (again, from other locations) here.

And we had an unexpected pair of pigeons at the lookout:

For more information on Hawk Mountain, visit their site.

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