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Map Created for: Division of Migratory Birds October, 2006 Fall Migratory Bird Information provided by USFWS Migratory Bird Biologist Bob Russell Major Raptor Migration Observation Sites West Skyline Observatory, Duluth (TV,OS,BE,SS, BW,RT,RL,GE) Straits of Mackinac (TV,BE,SS,CH,RS, RT,RL,BW,GE) Chequemegon Bay, Ashland (TV,SS,BW,RT,GE,BE) Port Huron (TV,SS,RS,RT,BW) Apostle Islands (AK,ML,PG) Manitou Island/Keewenaw Peninsula (OS,SS,RL, NH,BE,PE,ML) Whitefish Point (TV,BE,NH,SS,RS,BW,RT,RL,GE, AK,ML,PG,NSWO,BO,LEO) Lake Erie Islands (TV,SS,BE,NH,OS,ML,PG) ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 Indiana Dunes NL (OS,NH,SS,RS,BW,RT,AK) ! 9 SYMBOL COMMON NAME AK American Kestrel BE Bald Eagle BO Boreal Owl BW Broadwing CH Cooper's Hawk GE Golden Eagle LEO Long-eared Owl ML Merlin NG Northern Goshawk NH Northern Harrier NSWO Northern Saw-whet Owl OS Osprey PG Pregrine Falcon RL Rough-legged Hawk RS Red-shouldered Hawk RT Red-tailed Hawk SEO Short-eared Owl SS Sharp-shinned Hawk TV Turkey Vulture Legend Number of Birds 5,000 - 10,000 2,500 - 5,000 10,000 - 20,000 >20,000 T V , S S , B W , C H , R T O S , B E O S , B E B E , O S , S S B E , S S , R T , B W SPRING RAPTOR MIGRATION ROUTES Ä 1 ! 4 ! 8 ! 9 # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ! 5 ! 6 # # # # # # ! ! 3 ! 2 ! 7 P E , M L U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Region 3 NWRS Division of Conservation Planning Twin Cities, Minnesota 55111 Vermillion μ
