The view from Stateline Lookout:

Brants were seen migrating down the Hudson River today in huge numbers. Skein after skein after skein.

Photographers' Row looked liked "The Guns of Navarone."

Local Red-tails put on a show that never seemed to end (shot below is an uncropped pic with a 400mm lens).

Lots of migrating raptors, too, led by a strong Sharpie contingent.

Bottom photo is an action shot of today's hawk-eyed counters.

There was a minor kerfluffle at Stateline Lookout the other day as to whether this was a Cooper's or a Sharpie.  What do you think?
While you're at it, how old is this Bald Eagle? (Thanks,Ron Shields!)

And a mostly easy one:

This dude was so close that I did not crop the photo at all.

Folks at Stateline Lookout saw lots of great raptors today, and they all saw this thing head up the Hudson and then back down again...

It is an E-2C Hawkeye,  "the U.S. Navy's all-weather, carrier-based tactical airborne warning and control system platform."

More about it here.

Stiles Thomas promised today would be a big day at the Stateline Hawk Lookout in Alpine, and for once he was right.

We saw more than 700 Broadwings -- some were distant specs (pointed out by Stateline's excellent raptor spotters) but some were so insanely close that we had to take out restraining orders.

Quite a few Bald Eagles, too, fairly close as well.

Here are a few highlights

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My latest column for The Record and Herald News is about the fall hawk migration and the best local places to watch it. Featured this year is the Stateline Lookout in Alpine.

The link is here.