Wendy Park / Whiskey Island
4.7/10
marginal
- wind
- WNW 21mph
- dawn rain
- 0–2%
- drive
- 30 min
- sunrise
- 07:26
North winds knock migration down tonight; expect a quiet morning. 363,000+ birds crossed last night — large flight in progress.
full report →Side by side
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Two Cleveland lakefront hotspots, scored for 2026-10-05. List mode optimizes for species count; photo mode adds soft light and calm-wind weighting.
estimated pick (model)
Coin flip
Within 0.0 of each other and WNW 21mph flow doesn't strongly favor either point. Coin-flip — pick on drive time.
species count weighting
Wendy Park / Whiskey Island
marginal
North winds knock migration down tonight; expect a quiet morning. 363,000+ birds crossed last night — large flight in progress.
full report →Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve (Dike 14)
marginal
North winds knock migration down tonight; expect a quiet morning. 363,000+ birds crossed last night — large flight in progress.
full report →soft light + calm wind weighting
Wendy Park / Whiskey Island
marginal
North winds knock migration down tonight; expect a quiet morning. 363,000+ birds crossed last night — large flight in progress.
full report →Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve (Dike 14)
marginal
North winds knock migration down tonight; expect a quiet morning. 363,000+ birds crossed last night — large flight in progress.
full report →Both sites share the same NOAA gridpoint family (CLE) and the same BirdCast county (Cuyahoga). The score divergence comes from geometry: Wendy is a west-facing point, Dike 14 is east-of-Wendy lakefill with more interior structure. back to today