Hi all, Today Sunday, Sept.16/07 I observed the following over our house in Aurora. In the morning at around 9:30 a.m. a flock of approx. 100 Blue Jays flew over in a westerly direction. Between 1:30 p.m. and 3: 00 p.m. I observed kettles and streams of Broad-winged Hawks flying over or just to the south of our house in Aurora. In that period I would estimate their number at several hundred ( 400+). The ones flying over our house were lower moving quickly in a southwest direction until they linked up with another stream- a bit higher- just to the south of our house moving directly west. As the sky openned up they caught thermals and gathered in kettles of 25 to 50+. At about 3:00 p.m. only a trickle of BWH's were passing by. It is probable that they were passing by in good numbers even before I got home at 1:30 p.m. Numerous small passerines were evident in the trees along our street today. Also this week I continued to observe on several occasions 1 Great Egret at the Mckenzie Marsh. I last saw it on Friday. There were 5 Great Blue Herons and 1 Green Heron present. At least 5 Caspian Terns, 20 or so DC Cormorants and a Belted Kingfisher were also present Good birding Sigi Aurora, ON