Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 18:43:07 -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 Reports: Kevin Graff (hawkwatch_21206@yahoo.com) Counter: Kevin Graff (Jul. 20th - 10am-2pm) (site manned, it depends on the weather, 8am-7pm (Aug.), available on Mon.-Fri. 8am-2pm, Sat 1pm-7pm, & Sun. 8am-7pm or 11:30am-7pm depend on work. Fall season runs August 1st to January 15th, but usually start early because of non-raptors passing through. Raptor 07/20 SEASON 1999 Black Vulture 1 1 37 Turkey Vulture 2 2 608 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 Bald Eagle 0 0 32 Northern Harrier 0 0 37 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 386 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 234 Northern Goshawk 0 0 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 194 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 12,113 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 893 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 5 Osprey 0 0 84 American Kestrel 0 0 136 Merlin 0 1 36 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 5 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 n/a Unidentified Accipiter 0 0 2 Unidentified Buteo 0 0 8 Unidentified Eagle 0 0 n/a Unidentified Falcon 0 0 2 Unidentified Raptor 0 0 2 3 4 14,819 Non-Raptor 07/20 SEASON 1999 Great Blue Heron 0 2 11 Ring-billed Gull 2 3 135 Chimney Swift 0 8 2,082 Eastern Kingbird 0 1 3 Barn Swallow 4 11 175 Cliff Swallow 0 1 n/a Bank Swallow 2 7 n/a Tree Swallow 0 1 149 Unidentified swallow 0 2 n/a Cerulean Warbler 0 2 n/a 8 38 2,555 Butterfly 07/20 SEASON 1999 n/a Weather: am= S/PC pm= PC Temp in the mid 80's. Sunny all morning with increasing cloud cover around noon. Wind from the N. Had a doctor appt. in early morning. Raptor Migration Highlight: More hawks on the move. Black Vulture was the first spotted at 11:03am headed ESE, Turkey Vulture at 11:16am headed W (NWW?), and another Turkey Vulture at 12:16pm headed W. Non-Raptor Migration Highlight: More swallows on the move. Single Bank Swallow at 10:52am headed SWW, 2 Barn Swallow at 11:37am headed W, 2 Barn Swallow at 11:49am headed W, and a single Bank Swallow at 1:05pm headed SWW. Also more adult Ring-billed Gulls from the NW with first at 10:29am headed SE and second at 10:57am headed SSE. 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, UE= Unidentified Eagle, UF= Unidentified Falcon, UR= Unidentified Raptor. Sky codes: S= Sunny, PC= Partly Cloudy, MC= Mostly Cloudy, R= Rain Backyard Hawk Watch is located at 3812 White Ave., between Belair Rd. and Walther Ave. in the Gardenville section in northeast Baltimore City. 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. 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 ========================================================================= ===========================================================================