Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 20:11:49 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: [BIRDHAWK] Backyard Hawk Watch Comments: To: BIRDHAWK@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Backyard Hawk Watch (est. 1992), Fall 2000 Site: 3812 White Ave., between Belair Rd. and Walther Ave. - northeast Baltimore City in the Gardenville section Topography of the Site: - steep ridge about 180-200' above Belair Rd. - about 260' above sea level - It runs northeast to southwest - the first ridge west of the Chesapeake Bay - 12 miles from bay, 5 miles NW of Back River - my hawkwatch is 150 yards west of the ridge - Fairwood Ave runs along side of ridge My hawkwatch is located in my backyard. Most of the hawk flights arrive from the northeast and a few from the north and northeast-east. Reports: Kevin Graff (hawkwatch_21206@yahoo.com) Counter: Kevin Graff (Jul. 14th - 9am-1pm) (site manned, it depends on the weather, 8am-7pm (Aug.), available on Mon.-Fri. 8am-2pm, Sat 1pm-7pm, & Sun. 8am-7pm or 10:30am-7pm because of work. SPECIES 07/14 SEASON 1999 n/a Non-Raptor 07/14 SEASON 1999 Great Blue Heron 0 2 11 Ring-billed Gull 1 1 135 Chimney Swift 2 6 2,082 Eastern Kingbird 0 1 3 Barn Swallow 3 3 175 Cliff Swallow 1 1 n/a new list 7 14 2,406 Butterfly 07/13 SEASON 1999 n/a Weather: am= PC pm= PC Temp in the 80's and heat index in the upper 80's. Light wind from the SW and shifted to S rest of the day. Raptor Migration Highlight: won't get any until the first week of August. Non-Raptor Migration Highlight: A new yard bird flew over at 9:30am was a Cliff Swallow and now is #114 for my yard list. Other non-raptor seen was single Barn Swallow at 10:09am, single adult Ring-billed Gull headed SE at 10:06am, single Barn Swallow at 12:30pm, 2 Chimney Swift at 12:30pm, and a single Barn Swallow at 12:31pm. Butterfly Migration Highlight: n/a Standard hawk species identifier codes used: BV= Black Vulture, TV= Turkey Vulture, GE= Golden Eagle, BE= Bald Eagle, NH= Northern Harrier, SS= Sharp-shinned Hawk, CH= Cooper's Hawk, NG= Northern Goshawk, RS= Red-shouldered Hawk, BW= Broad-winged Hawk, RT= Red-tailed Hawk, RL= Rough-legged Hawk, OS= Osprey, AK= American Kestrel, ML= Merlin, PG= Peregrine Falcon, SW= Swainson's Hawk, UA= Unidentified Accipiter, UB= Unidentified Buteo, UF= Unidentified Falcon, UR= Unidentified Raptor. Sky codes: S= Sunny, PC= Partly Cloudy, MC= Mostly Cloudy, R= Rain Questions or comment on this report to Kevin Graff at hawkwatch_21206@yahoo.com Kevin Graff Baltimore, MD hawkwatch_21206@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail =96 Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =========================================================================