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20 Nov HSR: Harvey's Knob (20 Nov 2009) 31 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Lighthouse Point (19 Nov 2009) Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Snickers Gap (20 Nov 2009) 19 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Illinois Beach State Park (20 Nov 2009) 14 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Hitchcock Nature Center (20 Nov 2009) 22 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Lighthouse Point (20 Nov 2009) Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Mahogany Rock (20 Nov 2009) 1 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch (20 Nov 2009) 24 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Hitchcock Nature Center (19 Nov 2009) Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Stone Mt., Pa. (20 Nov 2009) 15 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Seaside Hawkwatch (20 Nov 2009) 27 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Bake Oven Knob (20 Nov 2009) 13 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Seaside Hawkwatch (19 Nov 2009) 23 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch (20 Nov 2009) 21 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Kiptopeke Hawkwatch (20 Nov 2009) 61 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Franklin Mt. (20 Nov 2009) 12 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Kiptopeke Hawkwatch (19 Nov 2009) 3 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Waggoner's Gap (20 Nov 2009) 76 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Cape May (20 Nov 2009) 197 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Picatinny Peak (20 Nov 2009) 20 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Second Mountain (20 Nov 2009) 17 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (20 Nov 2009) 35 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Sunrise Mountain (20 Nov 2009) 2 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Marine Nature Study Area (20 Nov 2009) 3 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (20 Nov 2009) Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Scott's Mountain (20 Nov 2009) 30 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Holiday Beach (20 Nov 2009) 1 Raptors [] 20 Nov Strong West winds, no thermals=only 6 migrating raptors at CRANBERRY in SW Whitby, ON--Nov.20/09 [Doug Lockrey ] 20 Nov HSR: Summitville Hawkwatch (20 Nov 2009) 9 Raptors [] 20 Nov HSR: Poquonock (19 Nov 2009) 1 Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Scott's Mountain (19 Nov 2009) Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Rose Tree Park (19 Nov 2009) Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Holiday Beach (19 Nov 2009) 1 Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Mahogany Rock (19 Nov 2009) 13 Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Poquonock (18 Nov 2009) 4 Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Ashland Nature Center (19 Nov 2009) 3 Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Lighthouse Point (18 Nov 2009) 8 Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Franklin Mt. (19 Nov 2009) 1 Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (19 Nov 2009) Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Cape May (19 Nov 2009) 25 Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch (19 Nov 2009) 1 Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Blueberry Hill (19 Nov 2009) No Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Blueberry Hill (18 Nov 2009) No Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (19 Nov 2009) Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory (18 Nov 2009) 6 Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Hawk Ridge (18 Nov 2009) 44 Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Hawk Ridge (17 Nov 2009) 24 Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Cromwell Valley Park (18 Nov 2009) 18 Raptors [] 19 Nov HSR: Poquonock (17 Nov 2009) 2 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Lighthouse Point (17 Nov 2009) 36 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Hitchcock Nature Center (18 Nov 2009) 7 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Hitchcock Nature Center (17 Nov 2009) 51 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Washington Monument State Park (18 Nov 2009) 2 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch (18 Nov 2009) 2 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Harvey's Knob (18 Nov 2009) 1 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Seaside Hawkwatch (18 Nov 2009) 9 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (18 Nov 2009) 6 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Turkey Point (18 Nov 2009) 39 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Quaker Ridge (18 Nov 2009) 46 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Muskegon (18 Nov 2009) Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Kiptopeke Hawkwatch (18 Nov 2009) 63 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Franklin Mt. (18 Nov 2009) 4 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Sunrise Mountain (18 Nov 2009) 14 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Scott's Mountain (18 Nov 2009) 12 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Rose Tree Park (18 Nov 2009) 11 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Cape May (18 Nov 2009) 210 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Cape May (17 Nov 2009) 332 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Bake Oven Knob (18 Nov 2009) 14 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Holiday Beach (18 Nov 2009) 13 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Waggoner's Gap (18 Nov 2009) 19 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Second Mountain (18 Nov 2009) 24 Raptors [] 18 Nov Corpus Christi, TX Hawk Watch (Nov 15) END OF SEASON! - 15 [Patty Waits Beasley ] 18 Nov HSR: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (18 Nov 2009) 10 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Jacks Mountain (18 Nov 2009) 3 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Ashland Nature Center (18 Nov 2009) 51 Raptors [] 18 Nov HSR: Caesars Head Hawk Watch (14 Nov 2009) 8 Raptors [] Subject: HSR: Harvey's Knob (20 Nov 2009) 31 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:11:30 -0400 Harvey's Knob Roanoke, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 188 Bald Eagle 0 4 78 Northern Harrier 0 4 20 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 15 542 Cooper's Hawk 2 9 106 Northern Goshawk 0 1 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 7 31 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 8195 Red-tailed Hawk 27 255 405 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 2 3 3 American Kestrel 0 0 66 Merlin 0 1 13 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 16 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 3 Unknown Buteo 0 0 4 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 2 Total: 31 299 9675 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Bill James Observers: Baron Gibson, David Kirk, Jim Elder, Katie James Visitors: The Lynchburg group was represented by Thelma Dalmas in addition to Jim Elder. The Lynchburg group essentially started the hawkwatch and Thelma had stories of the founder that need to be formalized in some way (Website?). Additionally, we continue discussions of having Lynchburg participate regularly in the Fall hawkwatch next year. Randy from Martinsville came late and saw little. Weather: The day started with strong NW winds that waned during the day with blue sky and a low haze with few clouds. Raptor Observations: Two adult GE's appeared at about the same time I did - about 10:27 - and Jim Elder was already there keeping the watch and counting Red Tails that were heading South, as were the Goldens. That was the best hour of the watch. Non-raptor Observations: Part of the cliff fell off during the night or morning near Black Horse Gap and the clearing effort slowed the little traffic that included me. Predictions: Southeast wind and close hawks before the two days of rain and low sky...... ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bill James (bijam AT aol.com) Harvey's Knob Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://bijame.googlepages.com/home BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Lighthouse Point (19 Nov 2009) Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:11:53 -0400 Lighthouse Point New Haven, Connecticut, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 5 6 Turkey Vulture 0 95 314 Osprey 0 6 963 Bald Eagle 0 9 148 Northern Harrier 0 17 330 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 216 5308 Cooper's Hawk 0 75 1221 Northern Goshawk 0 3 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 122 227 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 1652 Red-tailed Hawk 0 317 562 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 1 9 American Kestrel 0 4 1310 Merlin 0 7 339 Peregrine Falcon 0 14 144 Unknown Accipiter 0 7 95 Unknown Buteo 0 39 71 Unknown Falcon 0 1 21 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 16 114 Short-eared Owl 0 0 1 Total: 0 958 12843 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 12:45:00 Total observation time: 4.75 hours Official Counter: Tony Hager Observers: Visitors: Carol Gertz, John Sterpka, Phil Aspereli Weather: NE AT 1-2, 80% cc. Raptor Observations: 2 ML in the Park. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Ron Bell (ronald.g.bell AT snet.net) Lighthouse Point information may be found at: http://www.battaly.com/nehw/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Snickers Gap (20 Nov 2009) 19 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:11:29 -0400 Snickers Gap 20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 159 Bald Eagle 2 41 191 Northern Harrier 0 19 64 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 26 972 Cooper's Hawk 0 14 145 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 33 70 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 9077 Red-tailed Hawk 13 389 637 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 4 13 14 American Kestrel 0 0 58 Merlin 0 0 26 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 21 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 17 Unknown Buteo 0 2 17 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 1 2 Unknown Raptor 0 1 24 Total: 19 542 11497 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Larry Brindza Observers: Visitors: There were 8 hikers and two Visitors. Kevin Pyle from Ashburn, VA stopped by for awhile and Doug Graham from Winchester, VA stopped by for the last hour in time to see the last Golden Eagle of the day. Weather: After two hours of clear bllue skies, a front moved inbringing 80% clouds at 10:00a.m. At noon some cummulus movved in topped with cirrus for the rest of the day. Temperatures started at 7 degrees C, going up to 12 degrees C by noon and staying at !2 C for the rest of the day. Gusting winds were from the NW ranging from 1-5 km/hr the first hour, 12-19 km/hr between 11 and 12, and 6-11 km/hr for the hours in between. The high winds and falling barometer started the raptor flight. Raptor Observations: It was a "Bleeping Golden" day! Four Golden Eagles, two Bald Eagles, and 13 Red-taileds provided the entertainment for the day. All of the raptors flew by very quickly. All raptors were scoped. The two Bald Eagles were observed at 11:57a.m. The Golden Eagles were observed at 12:12p.m., 12:14p.m., 1:56p.m., and 3:24p.m. Non-raptor Observations: It was a bad day for the small birds to fly. One Great Blue Heron flew through the Gap. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Larry Brindza (ljbrindza AT earthlink.net) Site Description: The Snickers Gap Hawkwatch was established in 1990. It is located in northern Virginia, on the Clarke and Loudoun County line. It is reached by taking VA Route 7 to the county line, which runs atop the ridge at Snickers Gap. On the south side of Route 7 is a commuter parking lot. The count is conducted from there. It is a volunteer site, and is counted in fall only, from late August until late November or early December. There are no facilities at the site, so bring a snack, drinks,and a chair. Many of the birds can be distant,and a scope is helpful. As a volunteer site, we are always looking to increase our pool of counters. We are eager to train those who have never counted, but are skilled with hawk identification. We are also willing to pair inexperienced observers with experienced counters. Please contact the compiler, Todd Day, at blkvulture AT aol.com with any questions or if you are interested in participating in the count. BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Illinois Beach State Park (20 Nov 2009) 14 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:11:13 -0400 Illinois Beach State Park Zion, Illinois, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2 219 Osprey 0 0 65 Bald Eagle 0 2 25 Northern Harrier 1 21 74 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 279 1931 Cooper's Hawk 0 32 165 Northern Goshawk 0 2 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 15 34 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 39 Red-tailed Hawk 9 475 1197 Rough-legged Hawk 3 27 35 Golden Eagle 0 1 3 American Kestrel 0 3 30 Merlin 0 5 429 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 154 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 5 Unknown Buteo 0 9 12 Unknown Falcon 0 0 6 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 6 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 14 879 4438 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Janice Sweet Observers: Paul Sweet Weather: Mostly cloudy, although a low-hanging curtain of clouds pushed south past us at 9:00, with light W winds and a high of 55 F. Raptor Observations: All but one of our birds came in a half-hour burst. An interesting looking RT was photographed by Janice today . . . more on that bird later! Non-raptor Observations: Lapland Longspur, Northern Shrike. Predictions: The weekend is showing light southerly winds and mostly sunny skies. The cold front coming through next week is still looking good. Right now it appears it will pass through late Tuesday evening. Winds on Wednesday and Thanksgiving Day look W to WNW. Could be the last of the Rough-legged's and interesting Red-tailed Hawks! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Vic Berardi (VBirdman AT aol.com) Site Description: The Illinois Beach State Park Hawk Watch is located in the northeastern corner of the state in Lake County, IL on the shoreline of Lake Michigan. Our hawk watch is an all volunteer effort. Directions to site: Take I-94 to Route 173, exit and head east to Sheridan Road (approx 8 miles). Go north on Sheridan Road to 17th Street and then go east. Take the park road into the park and turn right at the sign for the Sand Prairie Day Use Area. The count site is located at the first pavilion on the right. BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Hitchcock Nature Center (20 Nov 2009) 22 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:11:52 -0400 Hitchcock Nature Center Honey Creek, Iowa, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2 2668 Osprey 0 0 100 Bald Eagle 5 200 318 Northern Harrier 2 41 371 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 62 1269 Cooper's Hawk 0 12 276 Northern Goshawk 0 4 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 495 Red-tailed Hawk 15 837 3826 Rough-legged Hawk 0 10 10 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 248 Ferruginous Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 5 13 American Kestrel 0 1 92 Merlin 0 6 85 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 35 Prairie Falcon 0 0 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 2 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 15 Total: 22 1182 9839 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Ryan Evans Observers: Elliott Bedows, Jason McMeen, Jerry Toll Weather: Raptor Observations: Bald Eagle: 4 adult, 1 immature Non-raptor Observations: Snow Goose: 7 Ross's Goose: 100 American Crow: 10 ======================================================================== Report submitted by Mark Orsag (morsag AT doane.edu) Hitchcock Nature Center Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.pottcoconservation.com/html/hitchcock.html Site Description: Hitchcock Nature Center is located in the Loess Hills of western Iowa. The small town of Crescent is immediately southeast of Hitchcock. The watch overlooks the Missouri River Valley, and the skyline of downtown Omaha, Nebraska is easily visible (on clear days) to the southwest. The hawkwatch at Hitchcock Nature Center is now a full-time operation that logs approximately 600-800 hours of coverage and counts an average of 13,000 migrating raptors every fall. Besides recording a diverse raptor/vulture flight of 20 annual or semi-annual species dominated by Turkey Vultures, Bald Eagles, Sharp-shinned Hawks, Swainson's Hawks, and Red-tailed Hawks, Hitchcock's observers track large numbers of other abundant avian migrants ranging from Blue Jays and Red-headed Woodpeckers to Snow Geese and American White Pelicans. Our fall season runs from 15 August to 20 December with the peak period for raptor migration running from approximately 20 September to 20 October. Counts are now conducted daily from the 56-foot hawktower attached to the HNC Lodge between 1 September and 20 December. Counting in August is part-time. Directions to site: From Omaha NE, take I-680 north to the Crescent Exit. Take Iowa 988 into Crescent. At the "T" junction with Old Lincoln Hwy. (formerly Iowa 183), take a left north and drive for approximately five minutes until you see the Hitchcock Nature Center sign. Take a left at the sign, and drive up the hill. At the top of the hill, take a right. Enter the nature center and follow the signs to the Lodge. From Council Bluffs IA, take I-29 north and take the Crescent exit. The rest of the directions are as above... BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Lighthouse Point (20 Nov 2009) Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:11:04 -0400 Lighthouse Point New Haven, Connecticut, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 5 6 Turkey Vulture 0 95 314 Osprey 0 6 963 Bald Eagle 0 9 148 Northern Harrier 0 17 330 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 216 5308 Cooper's Hawk 0 75 1221 Northern Goshawk 0 3 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 122 227 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 1652 Red-tailed Hawk 0 317 562 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 1 9 American Kestrel 0 4 1310 Merlin 0 7 339 Peregrine Falcon 0 14 144 Unknown Accipiter 0 7 95 Unknown Buteo 0 39 71 Unknown Falcon 0 1 21 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 16 114 Short-eared Owl 0 0 1 Total: 0 958 12843 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:15:00 Observation end time: 11:00:00 Total observation time: 2.75 hours Official Counter: Don Morgan Observers: Visitors: None. Weather: Occluded front with rain, passed with diminishing clouds, SW AT 1 shifting to W AT 2-3 Raptor Observations: None. Non-raptor Observations: 1 Swallow sp., possibly a Cave Swallow. Predictions: Light NW winds may produce a couple hawks and maybe even a good morning passerine (ie blackbird) flight. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Ron Bell (ronald.g.bell AT snet.net) Lighthouse Point information may be found at: http://www.battaly.com/nehw/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Mahogany Rock (20 Nov 2009) 1 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:11:45 -0400 Mahogany Rock Sparta, North Carolina, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 48 55 Turkey Vulture 1 186 372 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 0 26 Northern Harrier 0 0 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1 39 Cooper's Hawk 0 2 41 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 4 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 2397 Red-tailed Hawk 0 17 24 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 0 0 24 Merlin 0 0 10 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 19 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 12 Unknown Buteo 0 0 3 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 17 Total: 1 259 3095 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:45:00 Observation end time: 12:30:00 Total observation time: 2.75 hours Official Counter: James Douglas Keighton Observers: Weather: Northwest wind to 35 mph with clear sky and temperature in the mid 40's. Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by James Douglas Keighton (brbirders AT skybest.com) Mahogany Rock information may be found at: http://mysite.verizon.net/rest39yt/virginiaareahawkwatchsites/id5.html BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch (20 Nov 2009) 24 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:11:34 -0400 Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch Waynesboro, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 211 Bald Eagle 0 3 75 Northern Harrier 0 3 15 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 3 814 Cooper's Hawk 0 5 132 Northern Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 10 19 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 12069 Red-tailed Hawk 24 139 253 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 0 0 123 Merlin 0 1 12 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 16 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 6 Unknown Falcon 0 0 4 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 8 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Total: 24 166 13761 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:15:00 Observation end time: 12:30:00 Total observation time: 4.25 hours Official Counter: Vic Laubach Observers: Weather: Sunny, blue skies with moderate NW winds. Temperature 8-14*C. Raptor Observations: Only Red-Tailed Hawks today, usually in small groups of 2-3. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach AT virginia.edu) Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at: http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Hitchcock Nature Center (19 Nov 2009) Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:11:02 -0400 Hitchcock Nature Center Honey Creek, Iowa, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2 2668 Osprey 0 0 100 Bald Eagle 0 195 313 Northern Harrier 0 39 369 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 62 1269 Cooper's Hawk 0 12 276 Northern Goshawk 0 4 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 495 Red-tailed Hawk 0 822 3811 Rough-legged Hawk 0 10 10 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 248 Ferruginous Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 5 13 American Kestrel 0 1 92 Merlin 0 6 85 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 35 Prairie Falcon 0 0 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 2 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 15 Total: 0 1160 9817 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Ryan Evans Observers: Clem Klaphake, Stan How Weather: Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: American Crow: 2 ======================================================================== Report submitted by Mark Orsag (morsag AT doane.edu) Hitchcock Nature Center Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.pottcoconservation.com/html/hitchcock.html Site Description: Hitchcock Nature Center is located in the Loess Hills of western Iowa. The small town of Crescent is immediately southeast of Hitchcock. The watch overlooks the Missouri River Valley, and the skyline of downtown Omaha, Nebraska is easily visible (on clear days) to the southwest. The hawkwatch at Hitchcock Nature Center is now a full-time operation that logs approximately 600-800 hours of coverage and counts an average of 13,000 migrating raptors every fall. Besides recording a diverse raptor/vulture flight of 20 annual or semi-annual species dominated by Turkey Vultures, Bald Eagles, Sharp-shinned Hawks, Swainson's Hawks, and Red-tailed Hawks, Hitchcock's observers track large numbers of other abundant avian migrants ranging from Blue Jays and Red-headed Woodpeckers to Snow Geese and American White Pelicans. Our fall season runs from 15 August to 20 December with the peak period for raptor migration running from approximately 20 September to 20 October. Counts are now conducted daily from the 56-foot hawktower attached to the HNC Lodge between 1 September and 20 December. Counting in August is part-time. Directions to site: From Omaha NE, take I-680 north to the Crescent Exit. Take Iowa 988 into Crescent. At the "T" junction with Old Lincoln Hwy. (formerly Iowa 183), take a left north and drive for approximately five minutes until you see the Hitchcock Nature Center sign. Take a left at the sign, and drive up the hill. At the top of the hill, take a right. Enter the nature center and follow the signs to the Lodge. From Council Bluffs IA, take I-29 north and take the Crescent exit. The rest of the directions are as above... BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Stone Mt., Pa. (20 Nov 2009) 15 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:11:09 -0400 Stone Mt., Pa. Allensville, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 0 9 19 TV 0 30 324 OS 0 1 79 BE 1 11 65 NH 1 21 41 SS 0 24 733 CH 0 5 163 NG 0 1 11 RS 0 12 37 BW 0 0 2873 RT 5 260 465 RL 0 1 1 GE 7 57 79 AK 0 0 83 ML 0 1 32 PG 0 0 28 UA 0 0 1 UB 0 1 1 UF 0 0 1 UE 0 0 0 UR 1 1 24 Total: 15 435 5060 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Doug Wentzel, Jon Kauffman, Nick Bolgiano Observers: Doug Wentzel, Jon Kauffman, Nick Bolgiano Weather: West winds 8-12 mph, partly cloudy, temps in mid-40s 11-12 hour not covered Raptor Observations: GE: 1012A, 1050A, 1335A, 1339A, 1520A, 1522J, 1535A BE: 1612A Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Nick Bolgiano (nbolgiano AT pennswoods.net) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Seaside Hawkwatch (20 Nov 2009) 27 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:11:06 -0400 Seaside Hawkwatch Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 14 1237 Bald Eagle 6 65 341 Northern Harrier 3 79 434 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 155 2133 Cooper's Hawk 3 77 1020 Northern Goshawk 1 2 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 48 80 Broad-winged Hawk 0 53 811 Red-tailed Hawk 11 209 437 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 0 7 8 American Kestrel 0 10 412 Merlin 0 3 172 Peregrine Falcon 0 9 258 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 2 Unknown Buteo 0 2 4 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 27 734 7354 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Zak Poulton Observers: Weather: Very strong winds coming form the north for most of the day. Raptor Observations: A Northern Goshawk was seen at 10:25 today. Non-raptor Observations: Ring-necked Ducks were observed flight around Bull's pond. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz AT aol.com) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Bake Oven Knob (20 Nov 2009) 13 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:11:39 -0400 Bake Oven Knob 2 miles North of Germansville, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 5 58 282 Turkey Vulture 4 201 949 Osprey 0 0 420 Bald Eagle 1 6 178 Northern Harrier 1 22 98 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 59 2724 Cooper's Hawk 1 12 365 Northern Goshawk 0 12 20 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 33 74 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 3953 Red-tailed Hawk 0 521 1199 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 14 37 American Kestrel 0 0 196 Merlin 0 0 91 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 62 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 1 29 265 Mississippi Kite 0 0 2 Total: 13 968 10915 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:15:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Steve Ritt Observers: Fritz Brock, Matt Loyko Visitors: Chris Reynolds conducted early morning count. Thanks Chris! Weather: Visibility: 10-20 Mi, T: 40-43ºF, Wind: NW 18-34 MPH, Cloud Cover: 10-100-25% Raptor Observations: NG: 9:39I, 11:20U - both flying east. 9:39I attacked owl decoy. Do we have a resident NG? BE: 13:37A - flying east. BE: 15:03A RT: Resident (?) adult and juvenile present throughout day. Non-raptor Observations: C Raven: 5 Predictions: Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bob Hoopes (rehoopes AT hotmail.com) Bake Oven Knob Hawkwatch, Pa. information may be found at: www.lgnc.org BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Seaside Hawkwatch (19 Nov 2009) 23 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:11:37 -0400 Seaside Hawkwatch Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 14 1237 Bald Eagle 5 59 335 Northern Harrier 5 76 431 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 154 2132 Cooper's Hawk 0 74 1017 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 46 78 Broad-winged Hawk 0 53 811 Red-tailed Hawk 7 198 426 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 0 7 8 American Kestrel 0 10 412 Merlin 0 3 172 Peregrine Falcon 1 9 258 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 2 Unknown Buteo 0 2 4 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 23 707 7327 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Zak Poulton Observers: Weather: Some rain showers were present during the morning hours. Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: Snow Geese were the most abundant bird seen today, with a grand total of 430. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz AT aol.com) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch (20 Nov 2009) 21 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:11:15 -0400 Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch Lewes, Delaware, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 4 99 307 Turkey Vulture 0 453 1113 Osprey 0 5 3063 Bald Eagle 2 24 492 Northern Harrier 3 108 618 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 449 5399 Cooper's Hawk 4 181 1529 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 24 39 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 333 Red-tailed Hawk 0 144 468 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 4 American Kestrel 0 30 1835 Merlin 0 23 1029 Peregrine Falcon 0 19 831 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 12 Unknown Buteo 0 0 14 Unknown Falcon 0 0 12 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 2 7 46 Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 21 1570 17147 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4.5 hours Official Counter: Susan Gruver Observers: Lorraine Logan, Lynn Smith, Ruth Draper Visitors: Meta Little and Doug Sutherland spent several hours with us enjoying the Gannet show. Rob Schroeder also came up for a short time. Weather: WNW, force 2 all day,temp14-15c,visb 20k,clcv 25% a much better day to be on the platform Raptor Observations: 2 Juv. B. Eagle were moving South,but our 2 local adults were having a grand time fishing and soaring around Non-raptor Observations: at one time we had 32 Common Loon sitting on the water and 37 flying overhead, the N. Gannet show were most impressive. they were feeding in close all day, very hard to come up with a correct number, but guessing about 1000 . Predictions: high 56, sunny and clear, wind NNW 6-7 mph. Maybe a we can find a few more Raptors to count?? ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sue Gruver (srgruver AT aol.com) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Kiptopeke Hawkwatch (20 Nov 2009) 61 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:47 -0400 Kiptopeke Hawkwatch Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 45 3390 Bald Eagle 7 74 444 Northern Harrier 1 174 698 Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 538 9579 Cooper's Hawk 6 308 3227 Northern Goshawk 0 1 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 115 173 Broad-winged Hawk 0 9 765 Red-tailed Hawk 27 522 814 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 7 7 American Kestrel 2 79 4507 Merlin 0 3 1653 Peregrine Falcon 2 29 1148 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 61 1904 26412 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Visitors: Rod Gardner Bob and Kathy Loomis Weather: Gradual clearing was seen during the morning today with sunny skies prevailing for the remainder of the day. Winds were light to moderate north-northwest in the morning becoming moderate northwest in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: A light migration day was recorded with Red-tails making up the bulk of the birds. Non-raptor Observations: A Northern Rough-winged Swallow was noted among the Tree Swallows today. A southbound TV was sporting a radio transmitter as it flew by the watch at 10:15. It was seen again at 12:20 heading north. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz AT aol.com) Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at: www.cvwo.org BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Franklin Mt. (20 Nov 2009) 12 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:06 -0400 Franklin Mt. Oneonta, New York, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2 708 Osprey 0 0 143 Bald Eagle 0 34 164 Northern Harrier 0 30 69 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 22 566 Cooper's Hawk 0 7 91 Northern Goshawk 0 3 20 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 32 68 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 2097 Red-tailed Hawk 12 673 1905 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 108 132 American Kestrel 0 1 135 Merlin 0 1 21 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 20 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 4 Unknown Buteo 0 0 6 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 2 2 Unknown Raptor 0 6 35 Total: 12 923 6190 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Steve Hall Observers: Marilyn Leahy, Ralph Niederlander Visitors: Rich & Bernice Zimmerman. Weather: Mostly cloudy,Westerly wind 2-10mph. Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Steve Hall () Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch information may be found at: www.FranklinMt.org BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Kiptopeke Hawkwatch (19 Nov 2009) 3 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:49 -0400 Kiptopeke Hawkwatch Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 44 3389 Bald Eagle 0 67 437 Northern Harrier 0 173 697 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 528 9569 Cooper's Hawk 0 302 3221 Northern Goshawk 0 1 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 110 168 Broad-winged Hawk 0 9 765 Red-tailed Hawk 0 495 787 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 7 7 American Kestrel 3 77 4505 Merlin 0 3 1653 Peregrine Falcon 0 27 1146 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 3 1843 26351 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 09:15:00 Total observation time: 1.75 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Weather: Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz AT aol.com) Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at: www.cvwo.org BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Waggoner's Gap (20 Nov 2009) 76 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:54 -0400 Waggoner's Gap 40 km W of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 0 17 50 TV 32 339 1423 OS 0 1 442 BE 1 24 356 NH 0 73 193 SS 2 104 7185 CH 0 29 851 NG 0 24 42 RS 2 143 242 BW 0 0 5866 RT 37 2036 3251 RL 0 3 3 GE 2 95 144 AK 0 1 313 ML 0 2 104 PG 0 1 51 UA 0 6 31 UB 0 8 14 UF 0 0 3 UE 0 0 2 UR 0 8 72 Total: 76 2914 20638 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 9.5 hours Official Counter: Dave Grove, Ron Freed Observers: Carl Laughlin, Craig Houston, Dave Grove, Dave Smith, Don Orris, Joe Lavella, Mary Wohler, Ron Freed Visitors: 9 Weather: Mix of sun and clouds with inconsistent NW winds. Raptor Observations: BE WB 2:08 GE Ad 3:01, 3:30 First bird - RT 8:50 Last bird - TV 4:03 RT with jesses seen Non-raptor Observations: Snow Geese 50 ======================================================================== Report submitted by dave grove (waggap AT comcast.net) Waggoner's Gap Hawkwatch information may be found at: www.waggap.com BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Cape May (20 Nov 2009) 197 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:13 -0400 Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 26 149 291 Turkey Vulture 83 952 1600 Osprey 0 25 2587 Bald Eagle 1 39 450 Northern Harrier 13 238 856 Sharp-shinned Hawk 38 1702 13748 Cooper's Hawk 3 270 5500 Northern Goshawk 0 4 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 418 496 Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 710 Red-tailed Hawk 27 1144 1775 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 4 4 American Kestrel 3 120 4010 Merlin 1 26 1897 Peregrine Falcon 0 13 1186 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 197 5122 35120 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:45:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.25 hours Official Counter: Doug Gochfeld Observers: Weather: NW Wind Raptor Observations: Local adult Bald Eagle, continuing Swainson's Hawk Non-raptor Observations: 8 WIlson's Snipe, 4 Cave Swallows, American Bittern Predictions: NW Winds, shifting to WNW ======================================================================== Report submitted by Doug Gochfeld (doug.gochfeld AT gmail.com) Cape May Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Picatinny Peak (20 Nov 2009) 20 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:01 -0400 Picatinny Peak Rockaway Twp, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 7 Turkey Vulture 0 92 202 Osprey 0 1 164 Bald Eagle 3 10 89 Northern Harrier 0 3 60 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 39 1337 Cooper's Hawk 0 9 85 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 38 61 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 5205 Red-tailed Hawk 13 137 177 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 3 6 American Kestrel 0 0 133 Merlin 0 0 16 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 20 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 5 Unknown Buteo 0 4 13 Unknown Falcon 0 0 5 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 6 56 Total: 20 342 7641 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Reed Simovich Observers: John Reed, Susan Simovich Weather: increasing clouds and decreasing winds that finally settled to the NW Raptor Observations: Bald Eagle subadult III 1035 juvenile 1420 adult 1420 Golden Eagle adult 1420 the three eagles harassed by our vultures - and i suspect some from other venues- suckered me into staying the rest of the hour Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Reed Simovich (vzey121t AT bellatlantic.net) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Second Mountain (20 Nov 2009) 17 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:11:37 -0400 Second Mountain Ft. Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 2 129 218 Turkey Vulture 2 114 279 Osprey 0 0 179 Bald Eagle 2 10 98 Northern Harrier 2 24 108 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 48 1756 Cooper's Hawk 2 17 220 Northern Goshawk 0 9 20 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 71 120 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 4386 Red-tailed Hawk 5 431 748 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 21 44 American Kestrel 0 0 85 Merlin 0 2 31 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 28 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 17 Unknown Buteo 1 6 16 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 22 Total: 17 891 8375 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Morris Cox, Randy Brenner Observers: Ellis Blauch, Gary Koppenhaver, Jay George, Morris Cox Weather: A partly sunny day with moderate winds from the WNW. Temps ranged from 45-52. Raptor Observations: 11:37 unaged GE 11:56, 12:26 adult BE 9:23 first bird CH 2:40 last bird RT Non-raptor Observations: 3 loons 5+ravens ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Schwenk (secondmtn AT juno.com) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (20 Nov 2009) 35 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:11:23 -0400 Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 61 81 Turkey Vulture 3 58 385 Unknown Vulture 0 0 0 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Osprey 0 2 455 Bald Eagle 4 13 191 Northern Harrier 0 33 142 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 54 4291 Cooper's Hawk 0 21 601 Northern Goshawk 0 10 20 Unknown Accipiter 0 7 28 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 79 137 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6440 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 23 827 1592 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 2 19 37 Golden Eagle 2 37 67 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 2 461 Merlin 0 2 160 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 68 Unknown Falcon 0 0 13 Unknown Raptor 0 2 35 Total: 35 1228 15205 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Compiler: Laurie Goodrich Counters: Jeremy Scheivert Visitors: Mark from MA. Joe Jehl Weather: Partly sunny skies with periods of overcast skies. Northwest wind ~10-15 mph. Raptor Observations: Watched an immature Golden Eagle kiting (and foraging) on the slope of five. Non-raptor Observations: Eleven Ravens recorded today. One Common Loon at 1310. Predictions: Partly sunny skies and a light north wind will be good for raptor watching. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Laurie Goodrich (goodrich AT hawkmtn.org) Hawk Mountain Sanctuary information may be found at: http://www.hawkmountain.org/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Sunrise Mountain (20 Nov 2009) 2 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:11:52 -0400 Sunrise Mountain Stokes State Forest, Branchville, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 1 166 Bald Eagle 0 21 87 Northern Harrier 0 12 42 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 25 619 Cooper's Hawk 0 8 92 Northern Goshawk 0 3 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 13 23 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 3961 Red-tailed Hawk 2 308 605 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 7 14 American Kestrel 0 0 94 Merlin 0 2 72 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 27 Unknown Accipiter 0 4 6 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 14 42 Total: 2 420 5857 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Fred Weber Observers: Fred Weber Weather: Wind NW 5-15. 30-90% cloud cover. 43-45F. Raptor Observations: Local ad. BE seen twice. PF went NE at 1:15. Local RT 3, TV 10, BV 6. Migration seems to be just about finished. Non-raptor Observations: Local Raven 2 ======================================================================== Report submitted by Frederick T. Tetlow (ftetlow AT njaccess.com) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Marine Nature Study Area (20 Nov 2009) 3 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:11:03 -0400 Marine Nature Study Area Oceanside, New York, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 6 160 Bald Eagle 0 1 1 Northern Harrier 0 6 24 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 8 17 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 10 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 6 13 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 1 11 Merlin 0 2 32 Peregrine Falcon 2 19 103 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 3 49 371 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 2 hours Official Counter: Michael Farina Observers: David Simpson, Kim Fessler Weather: [ 9:00a temp:60F wind:NW 5-10mph humidity:66% ][ 4:00p temp:56F wind:NE 4-8mph humidity:50% ] Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Michael Farina (michael AT farina.com) information may be found at: http://www.mnsa.webhop.org/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (20 Nov 2009) Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:11:42 -0400 DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 717 54864 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 12 109 Northern Harrier 0 17 163 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 0 46 326 Northern Goshawk 0 7 23 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 254 606 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 0 924 2412 Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 13 Golden Eagle 0 48 111 American Kestrel 0 2 440 Merlin 0 0 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 34 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 12 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 4 Total: 0 2085 82471 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: John Elliott, Rodney Laura Weather: More Southwest winds at around 0-6mph. Visibility was just OK, with a lot of gray, haze-fog mix all around the count area in the background areas. Cloud cover was just about 100% all day, with just a few opening of blue sky, then they would quickly close again. Raptor Observations: No migratory raptors again, and only saw 3 non migratory/ or likely local raptors. Non-raptor Observations: A one-two thousand ducks on and flying around on and over the lake today. Several flocks of Tundra Swans went past too. Several Brown Creepers, and Golden-crowned Kinglets were found along the trail. Two Belted Kingfishers also flew past a few times. Predictions: More light West, Southwest, or South winds for Saturday. After two days of no movement it could be a good day. But with more winds from the South or West it also could be slow. Most likely maybe slow but steady. If it is clearer and warmer with light winds it might be an OK day for a few more Golden Eagles to go by. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Seth Cutright (seth.cutright AT gmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Scott's Mountain (20 Nov 2009) 30 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:11:14 -0400 Scott's Mountain MCR Harmony Twp., New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 1 224 Bald Eagle 4 24 146 Northern Harrier 0 28 82 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 116 2118 Cooper's Hawk 2 19 191 Northern Goshawk 0 3 11 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 97 173 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 12850 Red-tailed Hawk 19 636 844 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 5 11 American Kestrel 0 2 199 Merlin 0 4 67 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 45 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 38 159 Total: 30 976 17122 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Eileen Page Observers: Henry F. Kielblock, Kurt Zimmerman, Matt Domanski, Mike Hiotis Visitors: Carol Southerland, Harvey Tomlinson, Andy Cuttic, and Scott's counter Bob Claussen put in a matinee showing. Weather: Temp.=49-53F., Wind WNW 4-14 MPH., Barometer=976mb., Humidity=54%., Clouds=2-80-15%. Raptor Observations: A dificult Peregrine, and many Eagles made the day..At one point we had 3 imm. Bald Eagles settle on the tree line left of the Little Notch. At another point 3 adults came by to the West of us--2 settled behind us and one went through. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Henry F. Kielblock (hlkiel AT comcast.net) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Holiday Beach (20 Nov 2009) 1 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:11:45 -0400 Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 834 43841 Osprey 0 0 94 Bald Eagle 0 16 165 Northern Harrier 0 97 686 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 180 9700 Cooper's Hawk 0 128 938 Northern Goshawk 0 10 28 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 334 1092 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 0 2089 6147 Rough-legged Hawk 0 21 26 Golden Eagle 0 48 93 American Kestrel 0 8 1741 Merlin 0 2 122 Peregrine Falcon 0 6 105 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 8 Unknown Buteo 0 6 17 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 1 3780 83099 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Dan Loncke Visitors: Dan Loncke, of Windsor, stuck it out for two hours despite the grim conditions. Weather: Overcast and hazy skies with only a small pocket or two of blue sky throughout the day. Southwest and West-south-west winds at 5 to 12 mph. Temps. ranged from 7.3 to a high of 9 C. Visibility was reduced considerably by fog/ haze. Count terminated at 1400 EST with no forseeable improvement in the conditions. Raptor Observations: A few of the local Redtails and Bald Eagles were up and moving around a little. Non-raptor Observations: A few more birds moving today than yesterday, but that's not saying much; predominantly starlings. Some small flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles moving along the north edge of the marsh. Horned Lark- 5, Am. Goldfinch- 95. Predictions: Mostly to partly cloudy skies with light and variable winds. High of 10C. There will be sun, so there should be raptors. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Justin Bosler (justin.bosler AT gmail.com) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: Strong West winds, no thermals=only 6 migrating raptors at CRANBERRY in SW Whitby, ON--Nov.20/09 From: Doug Lockrey <lockrey33 AT ROGERS.COM> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:21:18 -0500 Easterly winds on Nov.17 & 18, all-day rain on Nov.19, and strong W winds, falling BP and no thermals on Nov.20 brought only 13 migrating hawks over Cranberry. Among non-raptors were: swamp sparrow, northern shovelers, red-necked grebe. ----SEE TABLE BELOW for the raptors. Cranberry Marsh, sw Whitby, ON--south roadside parking area on Hall's Rd. FRIDAY, Nov.20/09 Observation time--0900-1100, 1200-1300 >> Official counters- Dan Kaczynski, Doug Lockrey Observers- Karl Jennewein, Jim Skene, Ron Stephenson, Charlie Adey, John Stirrat From the 401 eastbound, exit at Salem Rd. in Ajax, south to Bayly, then east through LakeRidge Rd. to the first street beyond---Hall's Rd.--south toward the lake to the second roadside parking area. > Raptor species----------------Day Total-----Month Total------Season Total ---------------------------------Nov.20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Black Vulture--------------------0---------------0----------------------0 Turkey Vulture------------------0----------------21------------------3964 Osprey--------------------------0---------------1-------------------- 137 Bald Eagle-----------------------0---------------3-------------------- 55 Northern Harrier---------------2-----------------14------------------ 107 Sharp-shinned Hawk----------0----------------57-------------------1491 Cooper's Hawk--------------- 0----------------25 -------------------117 Northern Goshawk------------ 0---------------8---------------------- 22 Red-shouldered Hawk---------0 --------------- 6 ---------------------45 Broad-winged Hawk---------- 0 ---------------0 --------------------416 Red-tailed Hawk---------------6--------------341-------------------1308 Rough-legged Hawk------------0 ---------------13--------------------18 Golden Eagle------------------ 0 ---------------- 2 ---------------------3 American Kestrel------------- 0 -----------------5 ------------------ 482 Merlin------------------------- 0 --------------0 ---------------------34 Peregrine Falcon--------------0 ---------------- 6--------------------- 47 Unidentified Accipiter---------0 ---------------- 1 ---------------------12 Undentified Buteo------------0 -----------------5-----------------------30 Unidentified Falcon----------- 0 ----------------- 1 ----------------------3 Unidentified Eagle-------------0------------------ 0--------------------- 1 Unidentified Raptor -----------0----------------3----------------- -----37 TOTALS--------------------8---------------512--------------------8329 HOURS----------------------3---------------70.5----------------377 Doug Lockrey-- coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Summitville Hawkwatch (20 Nov 2009) 9 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:11:27 -0400 Summitville Hawkwatch Summitville, New York, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 12 152 Bald Eagle 0 1 64 Osprey 0 1 119 Northern Harrier 0 3 22 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 6 515 Cooper's Hawk 0 3 49 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 22 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 3416 Red-tailed Hawk 8 153 314 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 4 American Kestrel 0 0 64 Merlin 0 0 16 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 11 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 2 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 7 Black Vulture 0 0 2 Total: 9 180 4783 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 2 hours Official Counter: John Haas Observers: Weather: very cold and windy. partly cloudy skies soon surrendered to total clouds. Raptor Observations: all birds seen were in the first 40 minutes Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Haas (vanhaas AT webtv.net) Summitville Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.sullivanaudubon.org/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Poquonock (19 Nov 2009) 1 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:11:48 -0400 Poquonock Poquonock, Connecticut, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 48 Turkey Vulture 0 5 203 Osprey 0 0 36 Bald Eagle 0 6 55 Northern Harrier 0 3 27 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 16 109 Cooper's Hawk 0 4 29 Northern Goshawk 0 1 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 16 32 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 951 Red-tailed Hawk 0 55 108 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 2 Golden Eagle 0 8 8 American Kestrel 0 0 43 Merlin 0 4 19 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 18 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 4 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 26 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Unknown Vulture 0 0 6 Total: 1 126 1734 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Joseph Wojtanowski Observers: Joseph Wojtanowski Weather: Overcast, for a few minutes the overcast was replaced by 5% cloud cover. Wind N-NE-NNE-NE-N AT 0-6 mph. Temp 2.2 - 11.1C. Raptor Observations: Non Migrant RT 2. Non-raptor Observations: Brown Creeper, Eastern Bluebird 7, Cedar Waxwing 8, Mourning Dove 94, plus 23 other species. Predictions: Day 80 of Raptorthon Fall 2009. AM rain. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Joe Wojtanowski (Jtwxw AT aol.com) information may be found at: http://www.battaly.com/nehw/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Scott's Mountain (19 Nov 2009) Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:11:41 -0400 Scott's Mountain MCR Harmony Twp., New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 1 224 Bald Eagle 0 20 142 Northern Harrier 0 28 82 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 114 2116 Cooper's Hawk 0 17 189 Northern Goshawk 0 3 11 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 95 171 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 12850 Red-tailed Hawk 0 617 825 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 5 11 American Kestrel 0 2 199 Merlin 0 4 67 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 44 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 38 159 Total: 0 946 17092 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (No count conducted today) Weather: Rain Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Henry F. Kielblock (hlkiel AT comcast.net) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Rose Tree Park (19 Nov 2009) Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:11:49 -0400 Rose Tree Park Media, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 42 154 Black Vulture 0 7 12 Osprey 0 3 158 Northern Harrier 0 10 48 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 18 172 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 75 924 Cooper's Hawk 0 16 140 Northern Goshawk 0 0 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 93 166 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 4514 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Red-tailed Hawk 0 138 279 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 0 0 139 Merlin 0 3 22 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 14 Unknown Vulture 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 3 Unknown Buteo 0 2 8 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 1 23 Total: 0 412 6782 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Dave Eberly, Jim McVoy Observers: Skip Conant Weather: Cloudy, with ENE-NE winds at 6-10 mph. Temperature 53-56F. Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Janet Crawford (janet AT rtphawkwatch.org) Rose Tree Park Hawkwatch, Media, PA information may be found at: www.rtphawkwatch.org BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Holiday Beach (19 Nov 2009) 1 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:11:39 -0400 Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 834 43841 Osprey 0 0 94 Bald Eagle 0 16 165 Northern Harrier 0 97 686 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 179 9699 Cooper's Hawk 0 128 938 Northern Goshawk 0 10 28 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 334 1092 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 0 2089 6147 Rough-legged Hawk 0 21 26 Golden Eagle 0 48 93 American Kestrel 0 8 1741 Merlin 0 2 122 Peregrine Falcon 0 6 105 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 8 Unknown Buteo 0 6 17 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 1 3779 83098 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 4.5 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Rene Kielbasa Visitors: Rene Kielbasa was out for two hours in the afternoon. Weather: Delayed start due to rain. The following weather summary pertains to the count period only. Overcast skies with a very brief period of sun. Southwest wind at 3 to 10 mph. Temps. ranged from 8.8 to a high of 10 C. Visibility was poor to fair. Raptor Observations: Rain, thick cloud cover, and lousy winds discouraged most raptors from flying. However, one Sharpy didn't think twice. Non-raptor Observations: N. Rough-winged Swallow- 1 (westbound past the Tower at 1212 EST; very late) Common Yellowthroat- 1 (lingering), Am. Goldfinch- 70. Predictions: Cloudy skies with an AM rain shower possible. West-southwest winds at 10 to 15 mph. High of 8C. Chance of rain around 30%. Similar results predicted for tomorrow. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Justin Bosler (justin.bosler AT gmail.com) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Mahogany Rock (19 Nov 2009) 13 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:11:38 -0400 Mahogany Rock Sparta, North Carolina, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 48 55 Turkey Vulture 13 185 371 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 0 26 Northern Harrier 0 0 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1 39 Cooper's Hawk 0 2 41 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 4 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 2397 Red-tailed Hawk 0 17 24 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 0 0 24 Merlin 0 0 10 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 19 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 12 Unknown Buteo 0 0 3 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 17 Total: 13 258 3094 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 15:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 1.5 hours Official Counter: James Douglas Keighton Observers: Weather: The fog and rain covering the count site ridge finally rolled back some midafternoon with a light westsouthwest wind to afford a 45 km visibiity. But the humidity remained high, getting even higher as the upper 50's temperature dropped to the mid 50's. Raptor Observations: Only vultures and only briefly. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by James Douglas Keighton (brbirders AT skybest.com) Mahogany Rock information may be found at: http://mysite.verizon.net/rest39yt/virginiaareahawkwatchsites/id5.html BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Poquonock (18 Nov 2009) 4 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:11:33 -0400 Poquonock Poquonock, Connecticut, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 48 Turkey Vulture 0 5 203 Osprey 0 0 36 Bald Eagle 0 6 55 Northern Harrier 0 3 27 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 15 108 Cooper's Hawk 3 4 29 Northern Goshawk 0 1 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 16 32 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 951 Red-tailed Hawk 0 55 108 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 2 Golden Eagle 0 8 8 American Kestrel 0 0 43 Merlin 0 4 19 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 18 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 4 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 26 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Unknown Vulture 0 0 6 Total: 4 125 1733 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Joseph Wojtanowski Observers: Joseph Wojtanowski Weather: Overcast 1st five hours, zero clouds next three hours. Haze. Wind N-NE-N AT 0-4 mph. Temp -1.1 - 8.8C Raptor Observations: Non Migrant CH 2, RT 2. Male CH took a sparrow size bird about 20 feet from me. Non-raptor Observations: Golden-crowned Kinglet 2, Eastern Bluebird 4, plus 23 other species. Predictions: Day 79 of Raptorthon Fall 2009. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Joe Wojtanowski (Jtwxw AT aol.com) information may be found at: http://www.battaly.com/nehw/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Ashland Nature Center (19 Nov 2009) 3 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:11:31 -0400 Ashland Nature Center Hockessin, Delaware, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 284 616 Turkey Vulture 3 408 738 Osprey 0 4 223 Bald Eagle 0 32 236 Northern Harrier 0 10 74 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 219 1398 Cooper's Hawk 0 50 423 Northern Goshawk 0 4 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 123 209 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 7403 Red-tailed Hawk 0 487 750 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 6 12 American Kestrel 0 4 422 Merlin 0 12 57 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 22 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 29 Unknown Buteo 0 8 23 Unknown Falcon 0 0 4 Unknown Eagle 0 1 1 Unknown Raptor 0 2 20 Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1 Total: 3 1658 12665 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 4.5 hours Official Counter: Cyrus Moqtaderi Observers: Bob Strahorn Visitors: Bob Strahorn stopped in post-bird walk for a quick visit. Weather: Gray, cloudy, humid, with drizzle starting in around 11am. Temps at 14C and winds slight from the E. Raptor Observations: 3 Turkey Vultures moved south. That's all, honest! A darnquiet day up top. A few other vultures hung about the horizon briefly, but even they disappeared by 12pm. Non-raptor Observations: Very little activity of any kind, save a flock of Dark-eyed Juncos that were loving the freshly cut grass. Predictions: Better than today! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cyrus Moqtaderi (hawkwatch AT delawarenaturesociety.org) information may be found at: www.delawarenaturesociety.org BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Lighthouse Point (18 Nov 2009) 8 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:11:27 -0400 Lighthouse Point New Haven, Connecticut, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 5 6 Turkey Vulture 0 95 314 Osprey 0 6 963 Bald Eagle 0 9 148 Northern Harrier 0 17 330 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 216 5308 Cooper's Hawk 1 75 1221 Northern Goshawk 0 3 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 122 227 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 1652 Red-tailed Hawk 2 317 562 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 1 9 American Kestrel 0 4 1310 Merlin 0 7 339 Peregrine Falcon 0 14 144 Unknown Accipiter 0 7 95 Unknown Buteo 0 39 71 Unknown Falcon 0 1 21 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 16 114 Short-eared Owl 0 0 1 Total: 8 958 12843 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Robin McAllister Observers: Dan Barvir, Don Morgan Visitors: Corrie Folsom. Weather: NNW AT 1, 50-100% CC. Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: C Waxwing 74, Am Robn 95, C Grackle 75, RW Blackbird 678. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Ron Bell (ronald.g.bell AT snet.net) Lighthouse Point information may be found at: http://www.battaly.com/nehw/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Franklin Mt. (19 Nov 2009) 1 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:11:35 -0400 Franklin Mt. Oneonta, New York, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2 708 Osprey 0 0 143 Bald Eagle 0 34 164 Northern Harrier 0 30 69 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 22 566 Cooper's Hawk 0 7 91 Northern Goshawk 0 3 20 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 32 68 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 2097 Red-tailed Hawk 1 661 1893 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 108 132 American Kestrel 0 1 135 Merlin 0 1 21 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 20 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 4 Unknown Buteo 0 0 6 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 2 2 Unknown Raptor 0 6 35 Total: 1 911 6178 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 11:45:00 Observation end time: 13:45:00 Total observation time: 2 hours Official Counter: Andrew Mason Observers: Visitors: 1 Weather: Mild, mostly cloudy, gusty S winds. Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Andrew Mason (AndyMason AT earthling.net) Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch information may be found at: www.FranklinMt.org BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (19 Nov 2009) Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:11:32 -0400 DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 717 54864 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 12 109 Northern Harrier 0 17 163 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 0 46 326 Northern Goshawk 0 7 23 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 254 606 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 0 924 2412 Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 13 Golden Eagle 0 48 111 American Kestrel 0 2 440 Merlin 0 0 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 34 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 12 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 4 Total: 0 2085 82471 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4.5 hours Official Counter: Raburn Howland, Seth Cutright Observers: Raburn Howland, Seth Cutright Weather: 100% cloudy all day with rain/snow looking clouds going over. Some dark and gray skies both over head and in the background. With some fog in the background too. Visibility was mostly clear besides this. Wind was from 0-8mph, and went anywhere from Southwest to Southeast. Then at times at the same time it could be more West and East. Raptor Observations: No migratory raptors today at all. Non-raptor Observations: Hardly any other movement of anything else. Not much around at all. Predictions: I guess it will be slow Friday with more West-Southwest winds and chances of rain around noon. But odder things have happened so maybe it will turn out OK... ======================================================================== Report submitted by Seth Cutright (seth.cutright AT gmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Cape May (19 Nov 2009) 25 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:11:44 -0400 Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 123 265 Turkey Vulture 0 869 1517 Osprey 0 25 2587 Bald Eagle 0 38 449 Northern Harrier 1 225 843 Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 1664 13710 Cooper's Hawk 2 267 5497 Northern Goshawk 0 4 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 416 494 Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 710 Red-tailed Hawk 4 1117 1748 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 4 4 American Kestrel 0 117 4007 Merlin 1 25 1896 Peregrine Falcon 0 13 1186 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 25 4925 34923 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:45:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.25 hours Official Counter: Doug Gochfeld Observers: Visitors: 3 Weather: ENE winds, shifting to ESE through the day Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: 3 Cave Swallows, 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallows, 2 Barn Swallows, Common Goldeneye. The 3 Eurasian Wigeons continue on nearby Lighthouse Pond. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Doug Gochfeld (doug.gochfeld AT gmail.com) Cape May Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch (19 Nov 2009) 1 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:11:12 -0400 Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch Lewes, Delaware, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 95 303 Turkey Vulture 0 453 1113 Osprey 0 5 3063 Bald Eagle 0 22 490 Northern Harrier 0 105 615 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 443 5393 Cooper's Hawk 0 177 1525 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 24 39 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 333 Red-tailed Hawk 0 144 468 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 4 American Kestrel 0 30 1835 Merlin 1 23 1029 Peregrine Falcon 0 19 831 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 12 Unknown Buteo 0 0 14 Unknown Falcon 0 0 12 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 5 44 Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 1 1549 17126 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:45:00 Observation end time: 10:45:00 Total observation time: 1 hours Official Counter: Susan Gruver Observers: Weather: wind East, force 3, 100% clcv, visb 8-10k, very foggy/hazy, Raptor Observations: one Merlin trying to sneak South down the dunes Non-raptor Observations: nothing, no local vultures, no little birds, very few gulls Predictions: high 59,30% chance of rain,wind WNW/NW 8-13 mph wind direction sounds better, hope a few Raptors agree ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sue Gruver (srgruver AT aol.com) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Blueberry Hill (19 Nov 2009) No Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:11:22 -0400 Blueberry Hill Granville, Massachusetts, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 3 433 Osprey 0 0 140 Bald Eagle 0 3 48 Northern Harrier 0 5 61 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 8 753 Cooper's Hawk 0 5 100 Northern Goshawk 0 0 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 17 48 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 5003 Red-tailed Hawk 0 122 296 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 4 8 American Kestrel 0 0 240 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 6 Merlin 0 1 35 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 5 Unknown Buteo 0 2 6 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Vulture 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 31 Total: 0 171 7222 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:15:00 Observation end time: 14:15:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: John Weeks Observers: Dick Haas, John Weeks Weather: Cloud-cover increased from 85% to 100%. Wind SW-SE-ESE 10-6 km/h (diminishing). Raptor Observations: Observed: immature Cooper's Hawk scattering Mourning Doves and Red-tail harassed by two Crows. Non-raptor Observations: Horned Larks (2), Eastern Bluebirds (12), American Robins (3). ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Weeks (aerie.john AT cox.net) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Blueberry Hill (18 Nov 2009) No Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:11:19 -0400 Blueberry Hill Granville, Massachusetts, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 3 433 Osprey 0 0 140 Bald Eagle 0 3 48 Northern Harrier 0 5 61 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 8 753 Cooper's Hawk 0 5 100 Northern Goshawk 0 0 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 17 48 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 5003 Red-tailed Hawk 0 122 296 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 4 8 American Kestrel 0 0 240 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 6 Merlin 0 1 35 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 5 Unknown Buteo 0 2 6 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Vulture 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 31 Total: 0 171 7222 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:15:00 Observation end time: 12:15:00 Total observation time: 2 hours Official Counter: John Weeks Observers: Dick Haas Weather: Cloud-cover diminished from 50% to 10%. Wind calm to very light. Temperature 4-5 C. Raptor Observations: One Red-tail observed hunting. Non-raptor Observations: Common Mergansers (5), Common Loon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Weeks (aerie.john AT cox.net) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (19 Nov 2009) Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:11:04 -0400 Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 61 81 Turkey Vulture 0 55 382 Unknown Vulture 0 0 0 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Osprey 0 2 455 Bald Eagle 0 9 187 Northern Harrier 0 33 142 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 54 4291 Cooper's Hawk 0 21 601 Northern Goshawk 0 10 20 Unknown Accipiter 0 7 28 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 78 136 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6440 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 804 1569 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 17 35 Golden Eagle 0 35 65 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 2 461 Merlin 0 2 160 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 68 Unknown Falcon 0 0 13 Unknown Raptor 0 2 35 Total: 0 1193 15170 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Compiler: Laurie Goodrich Counters: David Barber Weather: Dense fog with visibility less than 30 m, heavy drizzle and rain in the afternoon, SE winds 10-15 mph Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Laurie Goodrich (goodrich AT hawkmtn.org) Hawk Mountain Sanctuary information may be found at: http://www.hawkmountain.org/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory (18 Nov 2009) 6 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:11:43 -0400 Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 80 Osprey 0 0 182 Bald Eagle 1 1 51 Northern Harrier 0 4 88 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 12 1196 Cooper's Hawk 1 6 133 Northern Goshawk 0 2 25 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 24 129 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 4322 Red-tailed Hawk 4 60 421 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 6 American Kestrel 0 0 135 Merlin 0 0 56 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 30 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 8 Unknown Buteo 0 0 14 Unknown Falcon 0 0 8 Unknown Eagle 0 0 2 Unknown Raptor 0 3 77 Total: 6 113 6963 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 12:30:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 2 hours Official Counter: Peter Davenport Observers: Eric Masterson Visitors: 200 schoolkids Weather: Clear, calm, 56 degrees F Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Eric Masterson (emasterson AT nhaudubon.org) Pack Monadnock information may be found at: www.nhaudubon.org BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Hawk Ridge (18 Nov 2009) 44 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:11:29 -0400 Hawk Ridge Duluth, Minnesota, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2 1097 Osprey 0 0 350 Bald Eagle 31 1139 3424 Northern Harrier 0 5 309 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 71 13081 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 88 Northern Goshawk 2 62 181 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 21045 Red-tailed Hawk 7 1116 5999 Rough-legged Hawk 3 87 263 Golden Eagle 0 83 211 American Kestrel 0 3 1295 Merlin 0 7 316 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 117 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 2 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 3 Gyrfalcon 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Total: 44 2577 47788 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Karl Bardon Observers: Howard Weinberg Weather: wind SE to E at 3-10 mph,temp 27-44 degrees F, sky clear Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: also counted 202 non-raptors including 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 50 White-winged Crossbills, 51 Pine Siskins ======================================================================== Report submitted by Karl Bardon (karl_bardon AT yahoo.com) Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve information may be found at: http://www.hawkridge.org/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Hawk Ridge (17 Nov 2009) 24 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:11:17 -0400 Hawk Ridge Duluth, Minnesota, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 17, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2 1097 Osprey 0 0 350 Bald Eagle 12 1108 3393 Northern Harrier 0 5 309 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 70 13080 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 88 Northern Goshawk 2 60 179 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 21045 Red-tailed Hawk 3 1109 5992 Rough-legged Hawk 3 84 260 Golden Eagle 4 83 211 American Kestrel 0 3 1295 Merlin 0 7 316 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 117 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 2 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 3 Gyrfalcon 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Total: 24 2533 47744 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Karl Bardon Observers: Aldo Raul Contreras Reyes, Cameron Rutt, Howard Weinberg Weather: wind S to SW at 7-10 mph, temp 39-46 degrees F, sky clear Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: 151 non-raptors including 4 Pine Grosbeaks, 2 Purple Finches, 66 White-winged Crossbills, 29 Common Redpolls, 48 Pine Siskins, 2 Snow Buntings ======================================================================== Report submitted by Karl Bardon (karl_bardon AT yahoo.com) Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve information may be found at: http://www.hawkridge.org/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Cromwell Valley Park (18 Nov 2009) 18 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:11:04 -0400 Cromwell Valley Park Baltimore, Maryland, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 7 39 119 Osprey 0 2 220 Northern Harrier 0 18 82 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 65 1491 Cooper's Hawk 2 28 198 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 144 186 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 7917 Red-tailed Hawk 5 299 409 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 2 American Kestrel 0 2 210 Merlin 0 4 47 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 19 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 16 Unknown Buteo 1 1 14 Unknown Falcon 0 0 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 14 Total: 18 606 10947 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: James Meyers Observers: Visitors: Joe S. - Mike S. - Steve S. - Mark M. Weather: temps in mid 50's - winds ENE at 11 mph - overcast skies becoming partly cloudy Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by James Meyers (jamesleomeyers AT mac.com) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Poquonock (17 Nov 2009) 2 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:11:02 -0400 Poquonock Poquonock, Connecticut, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 17, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 48 Turkey Vulture 0 5 203 Osprey 0 0 36 Bald Eagle 0 6 55 Northern Harrier 0 3 27 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 14 107 Cooper's Hawk 0 1 26 Northern Goshawk 0 1 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 16 32 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 951 Red-tailed Hawk 1 55 108 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 2 Golden Eagle 0 8 8 American Kestrel 0 0 43 Merlin 0 4 19 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 18 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 4 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 26 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Unknown Vulture 0 0 6 Total: 2 121 1729 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:15:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 5.75 hours Official Counter: Joseph Wojtanowski Observers: Joseph Wojtanowski Weather: Clcv 60-1-30%. Wind N-NNE AT 7-17 mph. Temp 5 - 10C. Raptor Observations: Non Migrant RT 3. Non-raptor Observations: Eastern Bluebird 7, Cedar Waxwing 8, plus 20 other species. A BUCK with a rope?? around it's neck. Predictions: Day 78 of Raptorthon Fall 2009. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Joe Wojtanowski (Jtwxw AT aol.com) information may be found at: http://www.battaly.com/nehw/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Lighthouse Point (17 Nov 2009) 36 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:11:37 -0400 Lighthouse Point New Haven, Connecticut, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 17, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 5 6 Turkey Vulture 2 95 314 Osprey 0 6 963 Bald Eagle 0 9 148 Northern Harrier 0 17 330 Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 212 5304 Cooper's Hawk 2 74 1220 Northern Goshawk 0 3 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 7 121 226 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 1652 Red-tailed Hawk 12 315 560 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 1 9 American Kestrel 0 4 1310 Merlin 1 7 339 Peregrine Falcon 1 14 144 Unknown Accipiter 0 7 95 Unknown Buteo 0 39 71 Unknown Falcon 0 1 21 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 16 114 Short-eared Owl 0 0 1 Total: 36 950 12835 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:45:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6.25 hours Official Counter: Bill Banks Observers: Dan Barvir, Dick English, Don Morgan, Judy Moore, Marty Moore, Nick Bonomo, Tony Tortora Weather: N 1-2, 50-80% CC diminishing to 10% Raptor Observations: 68 C Goose, 1100 C waxwing, 3650 Am Robin, 4800 RW Blackbird, 135,000 C Grackle, 46 E Bluebird, 15 Snow Bunting, 2 CAVE SWALLOW Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Ron Bell (ronald.g.bell AT snet.net) Lighthouse Point information may be found at: http://www.battaly.com/nehw/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Hitchcock Nature Center (18 Nov 2009) 7 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:11:10 -0400 Hitchcock Nature Center Honey Creek, Iowa, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2 2668 Osprey 0 0 100 Bald Eagle 3 195 313 Northern Harrier 0 39 369 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 62 1269 Cooper's Hawk 0 12 276 Northern Goshawk 0 4 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 495 Red-tailed Hawk 4 822 3811 Rough-legged Hawk 0 10 10 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 248 Ferruginous Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 5 13 American Kestrel 0 1 92 Merlin 0 6 85 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 35 Prairie Falcon 0 0 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 2 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 15 Total: 7 1160 9817 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Ryan Evans Observers: Fritz Davis Weather: Raptor Observations: Bald Eagle: 2 immature, 1 adult Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Mark Orsag (morsag AT doane.edu) Hitchcock Nature Center Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.pottcoconservation.com/html/hitchcock.html Site Description: Hitchcock Nature Center is located in the Loess Hills of western Iowa. The small town of Crescent is immediately southeast of Hitchcock. The watch overlooks the Missouri River Valley, and the skyline of downtown Omaha, Nebraska is easily visible (on clear days) to the southwest. The hawkwatch at Hitchcock Nature Center is now a full-time operation that logs approximately 600-800 hours of coverage and counts an average of 13,000 migrating raptors every fall. Besides recording a diverse raptor/vulture flight of 20 annual or semi-annual species dominated by Turkey Vultures, Bald Eagles, Sharp-shinned Hawks, Swainson's Hawks, and Red-tailed Hawks, Hitchcock's observers track large numbers of other abundant avian migrants ranging from Blue Jays and Red-headed Woodpeckers to Snow Geese and American White Pelicans. Our fall season runs from 15 August to 20 December with the peak period for raptor migration running from approximately 20 September to 20 October. Counts are now conducted daily from the 56-foot hawktower attached to the HNC Lodge between 1 September and 20 December. Counting in August is part-time. Directions to site: From Omaha NE, take I-680 north to the Crescent Exit. Take Iowa 988 into Crescent. At the "T" junction with Old Lincoln Hwy. (formerly Iowa 183), take a left north and drive for approximately five minutes until you see the Hitchcock Nature Center sign. Take a left at the sign, and drive up the hill. At the top of the hill, take a right. Enter the nature center and follow the signs to the Lodge. From Council Bluffs IA, take I-29 north and take the Crescent exit. The rest of the directions are as above... BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Hitchcock Nature Center (17 Nov 2009) 51 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:11:08 -0400 Hitchcock Nature Center Honey Creek, Iowa, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 17, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2 2668 Osprey 0 0 100 Bald Eagle 13 192 310 Northern Harrier 0 39 369 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 62 1269 Cooper's Hawk 0 12 276 Northern Goshawk 0 4 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 495 Red-tailed Hawk 35 818 3807 Rough-legged Hawk 1 10 10 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 248 Ferruginous Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 5 13 American Kestrel 0 1 92 Merlin 0 6 85 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 35 Prairie Falcon 0 0 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 2 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 15 Total: 51 1153 9810 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Ryan Evans Observers: Fritz Davis, Jason McMeen Weather: Raptor Observations: Bald Eagle: 8 immature, 5 adult Red-tailed: 1 Krider's, 2 Harlan's (dark), 1 western intermediate morph Rough-legged: 1 light morph Non-raptor Observations: American Crow: 40 ======================================================================== Report submitted by Mark Orsag (morsag AT doane.edu) Hitchcock Nature Center Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.pottcoconservation.com/html/hitchcock.html Site Description: Hitchcock Nature Center is located in the Loess Hills of western Iowa. The small town of Crescent is immediately southeast of Hitchcock. The watch overlooks the Missouri River Valley, and the skyline of downtown Omaha, Nebraska is easily visible (on clear days) to the southwest. The hawkwatch at Hitchcock Nature Center is now a full-time operation that logs approximately 600-800 hours of coverage and counts an average of 13,000 migrating raptors every fall. Besides recording a diverse raptor/vulture flight of 20 annual or semi-annual species dominated by Turkey Vultures, Bald Eagles, Sharp-shinned Hawks, Swainson's Hawks, and Red-tailed Hawks, Hitchcock's observers track large numbers of other abundant avian migrants ranging from Blue Jays and Red-headed Woodpeckers to Snow Geese and American White Pelicans. Our fall season runs from 15 August to 20 December with the peak period for raptor migration running from approximately 20 September to 20 October. Counts are now conducted daily from the 56-foot hawktower attached to the HNC Lodge between 1 September and 20 December. Counting in August is part-time. Directions to site: From Omaha NE, take I-680 north to the Crescent Exit. Take Iowa 988 into Crescent. At the "T" junction with Old Lincoln Hwy. (formerly Iowa 183), take a left north and drive for approximately five minutes until you see the Hitchcock Nature Center sign. Take a left at the sign, and drive up the hill. At the top of the hill, take a right. Enter the nature center and follow the signs to the Lodge. From Council Bluffs IA, take I-29 north and take the Crescent exit. The rest of the directions are as above... BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Washington Monument State Park (18 Nov 2009) 2 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:11:15 -0400 Washington Monument State Park Boonsboro, Maryland, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 1 177 Bald Eagle 0 2 99 Northern Harrier 0 15 44 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 18 793 Cooper's Hawk 0 9 121 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 14 28 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 3356 Red-tailed Hawk 2 243 460 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 4 4 American Kestrel 0 0 62 Merlin 0 1 24 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 55 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 8 Unknown Buteo 0 0 5 Unknown Falcon 0 0 5 Unknown Eagle 0 0 2 Unknown Raptor 0 1 30 Total: 2 310 5273 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:15:00 Observation end time: 11:30:00 Total observation time: 2.25 hours Official Counter: Paul Newton Observers: Barbara Gearhart Visitors: Barbara Gearhart - 9:15 to 11:30 am. Mike Welch - 9:15 to 11:30 am. Weather: Wind = E AT 1 to 2. Temp = 7C. Cloud Cover = 80 to 50%. Visibility = 14K w/haze. Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Paul Newton (newtjp AT yahoo.com) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch (18 Nov 2009) 2 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:11:11 -0400 Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch Lewes, Delaware, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 95 303 Turkey Vulture 0 453 1113 Osprey 0 5 3063 Bald Eagle 0 22 490 Northern Harrier 1 105 615 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 443 5393 Cooper's Hawk 0 177 1525 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 24 39 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 333 Red-tailed Hawk 0 144 468 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 4 American Kestrel 0 30 1835 Merlin 0 22 1028 Peregrine Falcon 0 19 831 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 12 Unknown Buteo 0 0 14 Unknown Falcon 0 0 12 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 5 44 Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 2 1548 17125 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 10:45:00 Total observation time: 1.25 hours Official Counter: Susan Gruver Observers: Weather: wind EAST, force 3-4,temp 14,clcv 25%,visb 20k Raptor Observations: very little moving, only a very few local vultures flying low to stay out of wind Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: more of the same, with 70% chance of rain high 63, wind E/ESE 9 mph ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sue Gruver (srgruver AT aol.com) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Harvey's Knob (18 Nov 2009) 1 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:11:36 -0400 Harvey's Knob Roanoke, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 188 Bald Eagle 0 4 78 Northern Harrier 0 4 20 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 15 542 Cooper's Hawk 0 7 104 Northern Goshawk 0 1 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 7 31 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 8195 Red-tailed Hawk 0 227 377 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 0 0 66 Merlin 0 1 13 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 16 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 3 Unknown Buteo 0 0 4 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 2 Total: 1 267 9643 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 11:00:00 Total observation time: 3 hours Official Counter: Bill Grant Observers: Visitors: None. Very little traffic during the time I was there. Weather: When I arrived at the Knob at 7:50 visibility was a 4 on the west side but only at best 2.5 on the east side but that had changed drastically by 8:45 with heavy haze on the west and fog blowing up from the east side cutting visibility to 0. Winds were from the east during the entire watch and by 11:00 thick heavy clouds and fog had moved in an a light rain had begun to fall causing me to terminate the watch at that point. Raptor Observations: The lone raptor of the day appeared at 8:21 flying approximately 15 feet over the parkway and following the parkway from when I first spotted the bird coming around the far curve to the north until he reached the end of the Harvey's overlook. He then rose up to 3-5 feet over the trees on the east side and kept going south. I kept watch for him to return in case he might be a local but he never did. During the three hours of observation there were no TV's or BV's or Ravens or any other large birds in the air. Non-raptor Observations: There was a plethora of small birds observed working the trees down at the northern end of the overlook. Observed were a female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 3 white-breasted nuthatches, 8 Carolina Chickadees, 6 Tufted Titmouse, a male Downy Woodpecker, 2 Carolina Wrens, a Song Sparrow and a fallout of 40-50 Juncos. Predictions: Not much hope for flight tomorrow with the rain continuing. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bill Grant (clarinetman AT earthlink.net) Harvey's Knob Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://bijame.googlepages.com/home BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Seaside Hawkwatch (18 Nov 2009) 9 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:11:38 -0400 Seaside Hawkwatch Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 14 1237 Bald Eagle 3 54 330 Northern Harrier 1 71 426 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 150 2128 Cooper's Hawk 0 74 1017 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 45 77 Broad-winged Hawk 0 53 811 Red-tailed Hawk 2 191 419 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 0 7 8 American Kestrel 1 10 412 Merlin 0 3 172 Peregrine Falcon 0 8 257 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 2 Unknown Buteo 0 2 4 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 9 684 7304 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:45:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.25 hours Official Counter: Zak Poulton Observers: Weather: Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz AT aol.com) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (18 Nov 2009) 6 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:11:29 -0400 DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 717 54864 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 12 109 Northern Harrier 1 17 163 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 0 46 326 Northern Goshawk 1 7 23 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 254 606 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 2 924 2412 Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 13 Golden Eagle 2 48 111 American Kestrel 0 2 440 Merlin 0 0 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 34 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 12 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 4 Total: 6 2085 82471 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Rodney Laura Visitors: Thanks to Rodney L., and Nora C., for coming by the count today. Made for a nice day. Weather: It was 100% cloudy all day. Some rain did come down just after 2:00pm. Visibility was clear but also hazy and dark in the background too. Wind started at East-North-East, then changed to East-South-East, and then lastly to East. It was either 5-10mph or 10-15mph. Raptor Observations: Not much went by before the rain, but what did go by was neat. The first two raptors of the day were Golden Eagles. They came by at about 10:40am. 2 Red-tailed Hawks, 1 Northern Goshawk, and 1 Northern Harrier also went by. Non-raptor Observations: Around 40 Bonaparte's Gull have been around and were neat to watch feed and fly by close. More Tundra Swans were around, and went past, with one flock of 29. Both Lesser and Greater Scaup flew past around over the lake. Bufflehead, and Common Goldeneye were also around. An Eastern Bluebird was also heard flying over. Predictions: It looks like rain tonight and early in the day Thursday. Then light South-Southwest winds. I would guess it might be OK, with rain today and tonight and early, and likely late in the day Thursday. But it could also be slow with Southwest winds. It is also the time of year when birds might just go at any time. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Seth Cutright (seth.cutright AT gmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Turkey Point (18 Nov 2009) 39 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:11:52 -0400 Turkey Point Maryland, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 9 22 28 Turkey Vulture 5 12 30 Osprey 0 0 40 Bald Eagle 0 6 37 Northern Harrier 0 4 9 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 46 866 Cooper's Hawk 0 11 113 Northern Goshawk 0 1 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 46 70 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 600 Red-tailed Hawk 17 129 225 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 0 0 31 Merlin 0 0 18 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 11 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 4 Unknown Buteo 0 10 15 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 3 8 20 Total: 39 301 2121 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 12:30:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Pat Valdata Observers: Weather: no precipitation, clear Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by David Wilder Kimball (hatless_wonder AT verizon.net) Turkey Point information may be found at: http://www.udel.edu/cecilbirds/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Quaker Ridge (18 Nov 2009) 46 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:11:49 -0400 Quaker Ridge Greenwich, Connecticut, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 10 25 Turkey Vulture 21 310 1129 Osprey 1 7 607 Bald Eagle 2 18 175 Northern Harrier 0 16 169 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 124 3246 Cooper's Hawk 2 44 409 Northern Goshawk 0 0 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 15 164 350 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 9866 Red-tailed Hawk 2 131 211 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 3 11 American Kestrel 0 3 536 Merlin 0 3 148 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 33 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 15 Unknown Buteo 0 3 12 Unknown Falcon 0 0 16 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 10 64 Mississippi Kite 0 0 2 Total: 46 849 17027 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Luke Tiller Observers: Visitors: Pete Gustas, Stefan Martin, Hugh Martin Weather: Mainly Easterly flow Raptor Observations: Late Osprey record for Quaker Ridge (by one day) bombing the season high record Bald Eagle (as spotted by Stefan Martin) Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Brian O'Toole (otoole29 AT yahoo.com) Quaker Ridge, Greenwich, CT information may be found at: www.greenwich.audubon.org BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Muskegon (18 Nov 2009) Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:11:14 -0400 Muskegon Muskegon, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 1 1 Osprey 0 0 0 Northern Harrier 0 0 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 2 69 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 2 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 21 Red-tailed Hawk 0 6 23 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 4 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 0 16 Merlin 0 0 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 0 11 142 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 11:00:00 Observation end time: 12:30:00 Total observation time: 1.5 hours Official Counter: Carolyn Weng Observers: Weather: 48-49 degrees F; ESE 10-12 mph; 100% overcast; 30.14-30.18 bp. Raptor Observations: No raptors moving through despite the east element wind which could have encouraged them to stay along the lake shore. Non-raptor Observations: Two Great Blue Herons migrated through, vocalizing, flying together with a wandering flight south seeming to be looking for landing habitat between the lake shore and adjacent inland area, or maybe they were just discussing whose GPS was more accurate. A pair of Eastern Bluebirds moving around the dunes adding their musical calls to the crow and bluejay talk. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Ric Pedler (rpedler AT tm.net) Muskegon information may be found at: http://users.tm.net/mcnc BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Kiptopeke Hawkwatch (18 Nov 2009) 63 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:11:59 -0400 Kiptopeke Hawkwatch Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 44 3389 Bald Eagle 2 67 437 Northern Harrier 7 173 697 Sharp-shinned Hawk 25 528 9569 Cooper's Hawk 9 302 3221 Northern Goshawk 0 1 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 110 168 Broad-winged Hawk 0 9 765 Red-tailed Hawk 13 495 787 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 7 7 American Kestrel 3 74 4502 Merlin 0 3 1653 Peregrine Falcon 2 27 1146 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 63 1840 26348 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Weather: Today saw a mix of sun and cloud, sunniest during the middle portions of the day. Winds were moderate to fairly strong and gusty from the east-northeast. Raptor Observations: There was very little in the way of sustained migration today with most species recorded in much lower numbers than the last couple of days. Non-raptor Observations: The most numerous migrant of any kind today was Snow Goose with just over 1400 recorded during the morning hours. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz AT aol.com) Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at: www.cvwo.org BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Franklin Mt. (18 Nov 2009) 4 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:11:22 -0400 Franklin Mt. Oneonta, New York, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2 708 Osprey 0 0 143 Bald Eagle 0 34 164 Northern Harrier 0 30 69 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 22 566 Cooper's Hawk 0 7 91 Northern Goshawk 0 3 20 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 32 68 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 2097 Red-tailed Hawk 4 660 1892 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 108 132 American Kestrel 0 1 135 Merlin 0 1 21 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 20 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 4 Unknown Buteo 0 0 6 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 2 2 Unknown Raptor 0 6 35 Total: 4 910 6177 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Steve Hall Observers: Visitors: 1 Weather: Sunny,very light Easterly wind. Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Steve Hall () Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch information may be found at: www.FranklinMt.org BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Sunrise Mountain (18 Nov 2009) 14 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:11:24 -0400 Sunrise Mountain Stokes State Forest, Branchville, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 1 166 Bald Eagle 0 21 87 Northern Harrier 0 12 42 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 25 619 Cooper's Hawk 0 8 92 Northern Goshawk 0 3 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 13 23 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 3961 Red-tailed Hawk 13 306 603 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 7 14 American Kestrel 0 0 94 Merlin 0 2 72 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 27 Unknown Accipiter 1 4 6 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 14 42 Total: 14 418 5855 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Fred Weber Observers: Weather: Wind SE 2-6. Clear to partly cloudy. 40-45F Raptor Observations: 10 of the RT went by in the first hour. There were probably more before I got there. A morning flight. The UA was probably a GH. Local RT 3, TV 2, BV 18. Non-raptor Observations: Raven 1 ======================================================================== Report submitted by Frederick T. Tetlow (ftetlow AT njaccess.com) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Scott's Mountain (18 Nov 2009) 12 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:11:48 -0400 Scott's Mountain MCR Harmony Twp., New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 1 224 Bald Eagle 1 20 142 Northern Harrier 0 28 82 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 114 2116 Cooper's Hawk 0 17 189 Northern Goshawk 0 3 11 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 95 171 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 12850 Red-tailed Hawk 7 617 825 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 1 5 11 American Kestrel 0 2 199 Merlin 0 4 67 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 44 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 38 159 Total: 12 946 17092 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Henry F. Kielblock Observers: Bob Claussen, Carolyn/Ron Constabile, Matt Domanski Visitors: Carol Southerland, Dave Dean, and Tom Vouglas. Weather: Wind=Se-ENE-SE 2-5 MPH., Temp= 53F., Barometer=990mb., Humidity=54%., Clouds=5% Raptor Observations: We watched the Imm. Golden Eagle rise over the horizon affording beautiful textbook views; then were thrilled when a resident Bald Eagle adult with talons extended came down hitting the Golden which executed an amazing spin-off while retreating to the south. The Bald pursued it; closing in several times during the next ten minutes before the Golden disappeared. Matt called it, "The show of the season." Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Henry F. Kielblock (hlkiel AT comcast.net) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Rose Tree Park (18 Nov 2009) 11 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:11:40 -0400 Rose Tree Park Media, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 42 154 Black Vulture 0 7 12 Osprey 0 3 158 Northern Harrier 0 10 48 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 18 172 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 75 924 Cooper's Hawk 2 16 140 Northern Goshawk 0 0 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 93 166 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 4514 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Red-tailed Hawk 3 138 279 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 2 2 American Kestrel 0 0 139 Merlin 1 3 22 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 14 Unknown Vulture 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 3 Unknown Buteo 0 2 8 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 1 23 Total: 11 412 6782 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Holly Merker, Janet Crawford Observers: Holly Merker, Janet Crawford, Skip Conant Visitors: Noel Kelly Weather: Sunny, turning partly cloudy, with ENE-NE winds at 8-10 mph. Temperature 49-58F. Raptor Observations: 1 immature Golden Eagle at 1433 Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Janet Crawford (janet AT rtphawkwatch.org) Rose Tree Park Hawkwatch, Media, PA information may be found at: www.rtphawkwatch.org BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Cape May (18 Nov 2009) 210 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:11:04 -0400 Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 5 123 265 Turkey Vulture 49 869 1517 Osprey 1 25 2587 Bald Eagle 1 38 449 Northern Harrier 6 224 842 Sharp-shinned Hawk 74 1648 13694 Cooper's Hawk 9 265 5495 Northern Goshawk 1 4 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 11 415 493 Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 710 Red-tailed Hawk 49 1113 1744 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 4 4 American Kestrel 1 117 4007 Merlin 1 24 1895 Peregrine Falcon 2 13 1186 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 210 4900 34898 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.5 hours Official Counter: Doug Gochfeld Observers: Visitors: Few and far between Weather: ENE Winds Raptor Observations: Nrthern Goshawk AT 8:06 AM, Raptor flight died after 11:30 AM. The continuing Swainson's Hawk was seen again several times. Non-raptor Observations: 6-10 Cave Swallows, 3 Barn Swallows, 5 Wilson's Snipe, Snowy Egret ======================================================================== Report submitted by Doug Gochfeld (doug.gochfeld AT gmail.com) Cape May Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Cape May (17 Nov 2009) 332 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:11:02 -0400 Cape May Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 17, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 22 118 260 Turkey Vulture 43 820 1468 Osprey 0 24 2586 Bald Eagle 2 37 448 Northern Harrier 3 218 836 Sharp-shinned Hawk 102 1574 13620 Cooper's Hawk 17 256 5486 Northern Goshawk 0 3 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 50 404 482 Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 710 Red-tailed Hawk 91 1064 1695 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 4 4 American Kestrel 1 116 4006 Merlin 1 23 1894 Peregrine Falcon 0 11 1184 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 332 4690 34688 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:45:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.25 hours Official Counter: Melissa Roach Observers: Weather: NE winds Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Doug Gochfeld (doug.gochfeld AT gmail.com) Cape May Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Bake Oven Knob (18 Nov 2009) 14 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:11:00 -0400 Bake Oven Knob 2 miles North of Germansville, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 6 53 277 Turkey Vulture 7 197 945 Osprey 0 0 420 Bald Eagle 0 5 177 Northern Harrier 0 21 97 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 59 2724 Cooper's Hawk 0 11 364 Northern Goshawk 1 12 20 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 33 74 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 3953 Red-tailed Hawk 0 521 1199 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 14 37 American Kestrel 0 0 196 Merlin 0 0 91 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 62 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 28 264 Mississippi Kite 0 0 2 Total: 14 955 10902 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Steve Ritt Observers: Weather: Visibility: 10 Mi, T: 40-47ºF, Wind: ESE 8-26 MPH with a lull ~ 13:00, Cloud Cover: 30-5-65% Raptor Observations: NG: 9:40I - only countable migrant raptor for the day. RT: See notes below. BE: 15:39A, 15:39A - both flying east. Non-raptor Observations: I was incredibly frustrated with myself all morning, as I was repeatedly spotting RTs off to the east, but couldn't figure out their flight paths, and I was losing them. Eventually, I realized that these were the same three RTs that were hanging around all day. Two adults spent a good portion of the afternoon perched in a white pine above the rock quarry, and one juvenile did the same in an oak (?) tree that is 1/2 way down from the slope of "1". That tree may have an old nest in it. C Raven: 4 C Loon: 1 Predictions: Thursday: Rain likely, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 56. East wind between 6 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bob Hoopes (rehoopes AT hotmail.com) Bake Oven Knob Hawkwatch, Pa. information may be found at: www.lgnc.org BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Holiday Beach (18 Nov 2009) 13 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:11:24 -0400 Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 834 43841 Osprey 0 0 94 Bald Eagle 0 16 165 Northern Harrier 1 97 686 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 178 9698 Cooper's Hawk 1 128 938 Northern Goshawk 2 10 28 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 334 1092 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 7 2089 6147 Rough-legged Hawk 0 21 26 Golden Eagle 0 48 93 American Kestrel 0 8 1741 Merlin 0 2 122 Peregrine Falcon 0 6 105 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 8 Unknown Buteo 0 6 17 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 13 3778 83097 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Claude Radley, Janina Radley Visitors: Claude and Nina Radley stopped by to see if anything was flying; no migrant raptors, but the local immature Peregrine put in an appearance over the campground. Weather: Partly cloudy to overcast skies with light rain moving in by 1400. East to East-southeast winds at 5 to 10 mph. Temps. ranged from 9.5 to a high of 12 C. Visibility was fair to good. Raptor Observations: Not much of a flight today before the arrival of rain clouds, and eventually the rain. Two juvenile Northern Goshawks at close range made the day worthwhile. Non-raptor Observations: Hundreds of waterfowl moving out over Lake Erie, primarily Red-breasted Mergansers, scaups, Common Goldeneyes, and Buffleheads. There were also a few Common Loons in the mix. Predictions: Overcast skies with AM rain showers likely. More gray skies and intermittent showers into the PM. South-southwest winds at 10 to 15 mph. High of 11C. Chance of rain around 60%. It is safe to assume that there will be few, if any, raptors flying tomorrow. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Justin Bosler (justin.bosler AT gmail.com) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Waggoner's Gap (18 Nov 2009) 19 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:11:08 -0400 Waggoner's Gap 40 km W of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 0 17 50 TV 0 307 1391 OS 0 1 442 BE 1 23 355 NH 0 73 193 SS 0 102 7183 CH 0 29 851 NG 1 24 42 RS 2 141 240 BW 0 0 5866 RT 11 1999 3214 RL 0 3 3 GE 3 93 142 AK 0 1 313 ML 0 2 104 PG 0 1 51 UA 0 6 31 UB 1 8 14 UF 0 0 3 UE 0 0 2 UR 0 8 72 Total: 19 2838 20562 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Keith Gingrich Observers: Craig Houston, Joe Lavella, Keith Gingrich, Mary Wohler Visitors: Don Mason; 2 Weather: Raptor Observations: Subadult GE - 10:50 Adult GE - 9:36; 11:40 Juv BE - 11:45 Non-raptor Observations: First bird - adult GE - 9:36 Last bird - RT - 3:00 ======================================================================== Report submitted by Deb Gingrich (gingrich AT pa.net) Waggoner's Gap Hawkwatch information may be found at: www.waggap.com BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Second Mountain (18 Nov 2009) 24 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:11:34 -0400 Second Mountain Ft. Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 2 127 216 Turkey Vulture 8 112 277 Osprey 0 0 179 Bald Eagle 1 8 96 Northern Harrier 0 22 106 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 48 1756 Cooper's Hawk 0 15 218 Northern Goshawk 0 9 20 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 71 120 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 4386 Red-tailed Hawk 10 426 743 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 20 43 American Kestrel 0 0 85 Merlin 0 2 31 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 28 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 17 Unknown Buteo 0 5 15 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 22 Total: 24 874 8358 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Dave Schwenk Observers: Ellis Blauch, Randy Brenner, Sam Black Visitors: 6 Weather: Light south winds under partly cloudy skies, cool with temps 44-53. Raptor Observations: Adult bald eagle AT 2:45 distant over Blue Mtn. trv SW Non-raptor Observations: 5 N Ravens First time observation of war training session close in the valley below,-- a simulated ambush of "terrorists" on two armored vehicles, live firing, smoke bombs, etc. Predictions: Rain ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Schwenk (secondmtn AT juno.com) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: Corpus Christi, TX Hawk Watch (Nov 15) END OF SEASON! - 15 From: Patty Waits Beasley <hawks AT CCBIRDING.COM> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:09:33 -0600 November 15, 2009 Turkey Vulture: 15 Total: 15 Libby says: The end to another season. Lots of extra eyes on the hill trying to find that last day's eagle (or anything) but it was not to be. However, we did score nicely in great food as many friends brought out tasty treats for our "Crock Pot Pot Luck". The last day is always bittersweet for your counters. This year it was heavier on the sweet with so much good company spending the day with us. Thanks to all who joined us this year - whether for days or for only a few hours. Patty says: My congrats and thanks to everyone, too. Many thanks to all the folks who sent in photos, and a special "kettle photog award" to Miles Merwin, who took tons of photos this fall season and so generously shared them on his photo site and our Facebook page! Keep looking up; just because we're not officially counting them any more doesn't make the rest of the fall migration any less enjoyable! See you all next season! ------------------------------------------- Patty Waits Beasley Corpus Christi, Texas USA Webmaster, Texas Hawk Watches Birding on the Central Texas Coast URL: www.ccbirding.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Corpus Christi Hawkwatch is a local non-profit hawk watch support organization, led by Libby Even and Dane Ferrell. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The 2009 Fall Hawkwatch runs from August 15 through November 15 on the hawkwatch platform at Hazel Bazemore County Park. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Many thanks to our Sponsors, Hawk Watch International and Swarovski Optiks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All reports, including photographs and videos, are posted on our web site. Drop on by the Texas Hawk Watches web site at http://www.ccbirding.com/ and join our Facebook group (Corpus Christi Hawkwatch). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Season totals to date: 245 ........Black vulture 20983 ......Turkey vulture 256 ........Osprey 183 ........Swallow-tailed kite 7 ..........White-tailed kite 23174 ......Mississippi kite 0 ..........Hook-billed kite 1 ..........Bald eagle 283 ........Northern harrier 1621 .......Sharp-shinned hawk 1074 .......Cooper's hawk 0 ..........Northern goshawk 17 .........Red-shouldered hawk 403373 .....Broad-winged hawk 4791 .......Swainson's hawk 79 .........Red-tailed hawk 3 ..........Ferruginous hawk 19 .........White-tailed hawk 1 ..........Short-tailed hawk 8 ..........Zone-tailed hawk 6 ..........Harris's hawk 0 ..........Rough-legged hawk 0 ..........Common black hawk 3 ..........Golden eagle 869 ........American kestrel 83 .........Merlin 289 ........Peregrine falcon 4 ..........Prairie falcon 2 ..........Aplomado falcon 4 ..........Crested caracara 149 ........Unknown accipiters 153 ........Unknown buteos 18 .........Unknown falcons 0 ..........Unknown eagles 101 ........Unknown raptors ------------------------ 457,799 .... Season total to 11/15 BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (18 Nov 2009) 10 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:11:21 -0400 Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 61 81 Turkey Vulture 1 55 382 Unknown Vulture 0 0 0 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Osprey 0 2 455 Bald Eagle 0 9 187 Northern Harrier 0 33 142 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 54 4291 Cooper's Hawk 0 21 601 Northern Goshawk 0 10 20 Unknown Accipiter 0 7 28 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 78 136 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6440 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 8 804 1569 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 17 35 Golden Eagle 0 35 65 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 2 461 Merlin 0 2 160 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 68 Unknown Falcon 0 0 13 Unknown Raptor 0 2 35 Total: 10 1193 15170 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8.75 hours Compiler: Laurie Goodrich Counters: Rudy Keller, Sue Schmoyer Weather: Hazy morning, clear in afternoon; SE wind 1-7 mph, 3-9 deg C Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: 48 American Crow, 3 Eastern Bluebirds, 1 Pine Siskin ======================================================================== Report submitted by Laurie Goodrich (goodrich AT hawkmtn.org) Hawk Mountain Sanctuary information may be found at: http://www.hawkmountain.org/ BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Jacks Mountain (18 Nov 2009) 3 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:11:35 -0400 Jacks Mountain Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 54 93 Osprey 0 0 53 Bald Eagle 0 3 44 Northern Harrier 0 8 27 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 10 518 Cooper's Hawk 0 4 41 Northern Goshawk 0 0 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 6 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 1386 Red-tailed Hawk 3 168 359 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 14 20 American Kestrel 0 2 52 Merlin 0 1 10 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 6 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 1 2 Black Vulture 0 0 16 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Total: 3 267 2641 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Linda Whitesel Observers: Linda Whitesel Weather: Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: rain ======================================================================== Report submitted by Ron Singer (risinger2 AT verizon.net) Jacks Mountain - Mifflin County, PA information may be found at: http://mysite.verizon.net/risinger2/Jacks.htm BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Ashland Nature Center (18 Nov 2009) 51 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:11:40 -0400 Ashland Nature Center Hockessin, Delaware, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 8 284 616 Turkey Vulture 5 405 735 Osprey 0 4 223 Bald Eagle 3 32 236 Northern Harrier 0 10 74 Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 219 1398 Cooper's Hawk 1 50 423 Northern Goshawk 0 4 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 123 209 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 7403 Red-tailed Hawk 20 487 750 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 6 12 American Kestrel 0 4 422 Merlin 1 12 57 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 22 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 29 Unknown Buteo 0 8 23 Unknown Falcon 0 0 4 Unknown Eagle 0 1 1 Unknown Raptor 0 2 20 Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1 Total: 51 1655 12662 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Cyrus Moqtaderi Observers: Derek Stoner, Jim White, Joe Sebastiani, Jonathan Stein, Molly Daly, Rich Cross Visitors: One good visit after the other today. Rich C. returned to the hill for a morning session of hawk watching, aircraft ID and other such shop talk. Thanks for the greatly-appreciated WaWa coffee run! Charlie T. visited again, sharing some good stories about past adventures and enjoying a few raptors. Terry and Gene back up top for another afternoon of hawk talk & hilltop socializing. Molly Daly returned after a long absence, glad to see you back! Joe S., Jim W., Derek S., and Jon S. all spent a good part of the afternoon keeping watch with me. Great to see lots of familiar faces today. 10 total. Weather: Clear, cool day with plenty of sun. Winds from the NE, shifting southerly as the day progressed. Damp air and a covering of stratus clouds moved in late afternoon and filled the sky. Temps reached 14C. Raptor Observations: Fewer birds than the past two days, as could have been expected after two days of strong post-front migration. Mostly Red-taileds (20) with some vulture passage (8 BV, 5 TV) and another collection of Sharp-shinned Hawks (8). 3 Bald Eagles moved overhead today, showing strong migration behavior. Two others were spotted but these appeared to be local birds. A late day Merlin offered impressive views, scouring the watch area for prey for a good 2-3 minutes. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: Certainly a chance that we'll get hit with this rain tomorrow. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cyrus Moqtaderi (hawkwatch AT delawarenaturesociety.org) information may be found at: www.delawarenaturesociety.org BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. Info, list guidelines: http://www.hmana.org/ List archives,subscription options: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdhawk.html To contact a list owner, email to: birdhawk-request AT listserv.arizona.edu Subject: HSR: Caesars Head Hawk Watch (14 Nov 2009) 8 Raptors From: reports AT HAWKCOUNT.ORG Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:11:13 -0400 Caesars Head Hawk Watch Caesars Head, South Carolina, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 3 Turkey Vulture 6 298 665 Osprey 0 0 33 Bald Eagle 0 0 12 Northern Harrier 0 0 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 3 62 Cooper's Hawk 1 2 23 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 7656 Red-tailed Hawk 0 5 12 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 1 10 Merlin 0 0 3 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 7 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 5 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 12 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Total: 8 310 8507 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 13:30:00 Total observation time: 3.5 hours Official Counter: Tom Harper Observers: Weather: Not recorded Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jeff Catlin (shieffcat AT bellsouth.net) BIRDHAWK is sponsored by HMANA. 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