Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 21:17:55 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Geoff Graff Subject: [BIRDHAWK] Backyard Hawk Watch - continue 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 - January 15, 2000 Additional hawks report at the end of the page. SPECIES SEASON 1998 1999 est. Turkey Vulture 608* 525 750 Black Vulture 37 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 386* 260 600 Cooper's Hawk 234* 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 893* 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 ? 14,819* 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 Addition hawks reported between Jan 2-15: 1/01/00 - no report, Bombay Hook trip 1/02/00 - 1 TV 1/03/00 - 1 TV, 1 SS 1/04/00 - 1 TV 1/05/00 - 1 BV 1/06/00 - 1 TV 1/07/00 - 1 TV, 1 RT 1/09/00 - 1 CH 1/11/00 - 1 TV, 1 CH 1/12/00 - 1 TV 1/13/00 - 1 TV 1/14/00 - 1 TV 1/15/00 - no report, holiday parties after work. Each day observed one hour while walking the dogs. More vultures continue to headed S on my way to work between Jan 2-15 along Belair Rd. 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 ==========================================================================================================================================