Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 18:38:59 -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. 9th - 9am-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 08/09 SEASON 1999 Black Vulture 0 1 37 Turkey Vulture 0 6 608 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 Bald Eagle (imm.) 0 1 32 Northern Harrier 0 0 37 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 386 Cooper's Hawk 0 1 234 Northern Goshawk 0 0 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 194 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 12,113 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 893 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 5 Osprey 0 3 84 American Kestrel 1 5 136 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 22 14,819 Non-Raptor 08/09 SEASON 1999 Great Blue Heron 0 2 11 Great Egret 0 2 n/a Ring-billed Gull 1 8 135 Caspian Tern 0 3 n/a Chimney Swift 45 155 2,082 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 1 7 Eastern Phoebe 0 1 3 Eastern Kingbird 0 2 3 Purple Martin 0 10* 5 Barn Swallow 3 70 175 Cliff Swallow 0 5 n/a Bank Swallow 6 19 n/a Tree Swallow 26 236* 149 N. Rough-winged Swallow 3 58* 35 Unidentified swallow sp. 1 20 n/a American Robin 0 7 1,281 Cedar Waxwing 0 10 161 Cerulean Warbler 0 2 n/a Unidentified sparrow sp. 0 1 281 Unidentified passerine 2 5 1,290 87 617 5,618 Butterfly 08/07 SEASON 1999 Monarch 1 7 6,595 Red Admiral 0 1 4 American Lady 0 2 11 1 10 6,610 * refer to new season record Weather: am= S pm= S/PC Temp in the mid 90's. Extremely hot day with nice cool breeze from the SW and changed to WSW around 10:20am. Raptor Migration Highlight: Too hot for hawks. Only one American Kestrel at 1:19pm headed W along with a swallow. Non-Raptor Migration Highlight: More actions for swifts and Tree Swallows. Several Tree Swallows and swifts came together to form kettles and one kettle had 5 Tree Swallows, 10 Chimney Swifts and 5 Bank Swallows, and all headed W except Bank Swallows headed SWW. There are now over 400 swallows passing by since mid July. Butterfly Migration Highlight: Only one Monarch at 12:37pm headed SW. Non-Migrants Highlight: More Tiger Swallowtails and Silver-spotted Skippers at the bushes. There are couple of unidentified small butterflies there and will try to id's again tomorrow if they still around. Imm. Cooper Hawk spotted at 10:37am take off from the ridge headed NE and is not counted. 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 ========================================================================== =========================================================================