Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 22:47:08 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Geoff Graff Subject: [BIRDHAWK] Backyard Hawk Watch - Final Total Count Comments: To: BIRDHAWk@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Backyard Hawk Watch - August 3 - December 31, 1999 SPECIES SEASON 1998 1999 est. Turkey Vulture 599* 525 750 Black Vulture 36 49 55 Golden Eagle (imm.) 1 1 5 Bald Eagle (11 ad. & 21 imm.) 32* 22 45 Northern Harrier 37 48 50 Sharp-shinned Hawk 385* 260 600 Cooper's Hawk 232* 153 350 N. Goshawk (2 ad. m. & 2 imm.) 4* 1 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 194* 108 350 Broad-winged Hawk 12,113* 11,782 18,000 Red-tailed Hawk 892* 526 1,500 Rough-legged Hawk 5 7 10 Osprey 84* 48 100 American Kestrel 136* 64 250 Merlin 36* 15 50 Peregrine Falcon 5* 4 10 Swainson's Hawk - 1 ? every 5 years Unidentified Accipiter 2 3 ? Unidentified Buteo 8 3 ? Unidentified Falcon 2 1 ? Unidentified Raptor 2 n/a ? 14,805* 13,621 22,135 Non-Raptor SEASON 1998 Common Loon 41* 21 Red-throated Loon 4* 2 Double-cr. Cormorant 95 141 Great Blue Heron 12* 4 Tundra Swan 75 78 Canada Goose 2,338 2,934 Snow Goose 149 230 Am. Black Duck 2 n/a Northern Pintail 4 n/a Short-billed Dowitcher 9 n/a Common Snipe 1 n/a Laughing Gull 1 n/a Ring-billed Gull 135 467 Common Nighthawk 63 188 Chimney Swift+ 2,082 4,486 Ruby-th. Hummingbird 7* 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 (male) n/a Downy Woodpecker 1 2 Northern Flicker+ 18* 5 Eastern Phoebe 3 ? Least Flycatcher 1 n/a Eastern Kingbird 3 n/a Purple Martin 5 n/a Barn Swallow 175* 3 Tree Swallow+ 149* 5 N. Rough-winged Swallow 35 n/a Am. Crow 699 n/a Red-breasted Nuthatch 6 n/a Ruby-crowned Kinglet 107* 11 Golden-crowned Kinglet 48* 7 Eastern Bluebird 6 n/a Gray Catbird 8 ? N. Mockingbird 2 n/a Hermit Thrush 3 4 Am. Robin+ 1,281* 866 Blue Jay+ 2,914* 576 Cedar Waxwing 170* 30 Red-eyed Vireo 1 n/a Nashville Warbler 1 n/a Yellow Warbler 1 (imm.) 1 Black-th. Blue Warbler 1 (female) n/a Black-and-white Warbler 2 n/a Am. Redstart 4 n/a Bobolink 3 n/a Am. Tree Sparrow 1 ? Chipping Sparrow 7 ? Song Sparrow 28 ? White-throated Sparrow 103* 63 Swamp Sparrow 1 n/a "Slate-colored" Junco 95* 51 Unid. sparrow sp. 281 ? Red-winged Blackbird 60 n/a Common Grackle+ 84 n/a Pine Siskin 3 n/a Am. Goldfinch+ 136* 50 Evening Grosbeak 1 n/a Scarlet Tanager+ 1 (female) n/a House Finch+ 26 n/a Purple Finch 3 3 Unid. non-raptor sp.+ 1,502 4,283 (including sparrow) 13,001 14,539 (33 species) Butterfly SEASON 1998 Monarch+ 6,595 7,399 Question Mark 1 n/a Mourning Cloak 5 n/a Red Admiral 4 n/a American Lady 11 n/a 6,616 7,399 Fall Season has come to an end. Addition hawk reported on Dec 27th was a Cooper's; a Turkey Vulture on the 28th; a Cooper's on the 29th; 2 Turkey Vultures on the 30th and a Turkey Vulture on the 31st. The estimate 1999 report is a possible, including not counted on the east side of the ridge during hawkwatching time, or at work or was away for the weekend. A late migrant on January 5th, 2000 was a Black Vulture headed SW. 1998 hawk report has a late Black Vulture on January 4th, 1999. Kevin Graff Baltimore, MD ggraff@erols.com ================================================================= To unsubscribe send a message to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ================================================================= =========================================================================