Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 20:25:19 -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. 5th - 5pm-7pm). (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. **Note: Aug 6th (today) report will come in on Mon. night as I have to double check the numbers of swallows which I had nearly 300 Tree, Rough-wing, Barn and Purple Martin and some of them has a number of 50+ in one minute and will make sure the # are correct. No hawks today with rain on and off. Raptor 08/05 SEASON 1999 Black Vulture 0 1 37 Turkey Vulture 0 5 608 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 Bald Eagle (imm.) 1 1 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 1 12,113 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 893 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 5 Osprey 0 0 84 American Kestrel 0 3 136 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 1 2 Unidentified Raptor 0 0 2 1 13 14,819 Non-Raptor 08/05 SEASON 1999 Great Blue Heron 0 2 11 Great Egret 0 2 n/a Ring-billed Gull 1 7 135 Caspian Tern 0 3 n/a new Chimney Swift 8 59 2,082 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 1 7 Eastern Kingbird 0 2 3 Purple Martin 0 3 5 Barn Swallow 1 44 175 Cliff Swallow 0 5 n/a Bank Swallow 0 12 n/a Tree Swallow 0 11 149 N. Rough-winged Swallow 0 24 35 Unidentified swallow sp. 0 9 n/a American Robin 2 7 1,281 Cedar Waxwing 10 10 161 Cerulean Warbler 0 2 n/a Unidentified sparrow sp. 0 1 281 Unidentified passerine 0 1 1,290 22 205 5,615 Butterfly 08/05 SEASON 1999 Monarch 0 2 6,595 Red Admiral 0 1 4 American Lady 0 1 11 0 4 6,610 Weather: am= n/a pm= PS Temp in the upper 80's. Wind from the N in late pm. Raptor Migration Highlight: First eagle of the season, 3rd year imm. spotted over the ridge at 5:38pm headed E. No other hawks due to a meeting with living history camping in Washington Co. after work. Non-Raptor Migration Highlight: Season first flock of 10 waxwings at 5:49pm headed SW. Butterfly Migration Highlight: n/a Non-Migrants Highlight: n/a 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, PS= Partly 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 ========================================================================== ==========================================================================