One of the wildlife sights that has sparked our interest is the bird migrations in this part of the world. Just an hour from where we live, we spent a couple of hours yesterday at Beamer Memorial Conservation Area, a wooded area on the edge of the Niagara Escarpment. At this time of year it provides a good vantage point to view migrating raptors. A stong pair of binoculars is needed to view most of the birds, but it really is an astonishing sight to see the birds heading north to their summer breeding grounds. The majority of the birds we saw were turkey vultures, but there were also a couple of hawks that we could not specifically identify, and at least one immature bald eagle (so we were told by one of the other birders !). The escarpment with it's updraft provides good conditions for the birds to travel, and during March and April, tens of thousands of the birds migrate that way.