Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 20:07:02 -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 (Aug. 3rd - 9am-12pm). (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 08/03 SEASON 1999 Black Vulture 0 1 37 Turkey Vulture 0 4 608 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 1 136 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 0 7 14,819 Non-Raptor 08/03 SEASON 1999 Great Blue Heron 0 2 11 Great Egret 0 2 n/a Ring-billed Gull 1 5 135 Caspian Tern 3 3 n/a new Chimney Swift 1 51 2,082 Eastern Kingbird 1 2 3 Purple Martin 2 2 5 Barn Swallow 5 35 175 Cliff Swallow 1 3 n/a Bank Swallow 0 10 n/a Tree Swallow 1 9 149 N. Rough-winged Swallow 4 20 35 Unidentified swallow 3 7 n/a Cerulean Warbler 0 2 n/a 22 153 2,560 Butterfly 08/02 SEASON 1999 Monarch 0 2 6,595 Red Admiral 0 1 4 American Lady 1 1 11 1 4 6,610 Weather: am= MC/PC pm= MC Temp in the mid 80's. Wind from the SW. Overcast sky all morning with couple of open clouds. Light drizzle begin at 10:45am and light rain at noon hold off hawkwatch. Raptor Migration Highlight: n/a Non-Raptor Migration Highlight: New yard list with a flock of 3 high flying Caspian Terns headed SSE at 10:58am, #118??. Also season first Purple Martins at 9:45am headed SW. Eastern Kingbird landed at the treetop at 10:47am with a dragonfly at its beak and busy trying to hit it on the branch to kill it and finally ate it and left for SW at 10:53am. Other seen, 1 Barn Swallow at 9:13am headed W, 2 unidentified swallows at 9:20am headed SW, 1 Chimney Swift at 9:48am headed SWW, 1 Barn Swallow at 10:22am headed W, 1 Tree Swallow at 10:23am headed SW, 1 Cliff Swallow at 10:45am headed SW, 1 N. Rough-winged Swallow at 10:46am headed SW, 1 Ring-billed Gull at 10:48am headed SE, 2 Barn Swallow at 10:53am headed SW, 2 N. Rough-winged Swallow at 10:54am headed SW, 1 N. Rough-winged Swallow at 10:57am headed W, 1 Barn Swallow at 11:25am headed SW and 1 unidentified swallow at 11:47am headed SW. Butterfly Migration Highlight: Season first American Lady at 10:30am at the bushes and left for SW at 10:59am. Non-Migrants Highlight: Increasing numbers of Silver-spotted Skippers and Eastern Tiger Swallowtails at the bushes. Standard hawk species identifier codes used: BVBlack 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, RTRed-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!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.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 ========================================================================== ==========================================================================