Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 18:58:31 -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. 10th - 9am-12pm & 1pm-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 08/10 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 0 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 0 22 14,819 Non-Raptor 08/10 SEASON 1999 Great Blue Heron 0 2 11 Great Egret 0 2 n/a Ring-billed Gull 0 8 135 Caspian Tern 0 3 n/a Chimney Swift 0 155 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 0 70 175 Cliff Swallow 0 5 n/a Bank Swallow 0 19 n/a Tree Swallow 3 239* 149 N. Rough-winged Swallow 0 58* 35 Unidentified swallow sp. 1 21 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 3 8 1,290 7 624 5,618 Butterfly 08/10 SEASON 1999 Monarch 0 7 6,595 Red Admiral 0 1 4 American Lady 0 2 11 0 10 6,610 * refer to new season record Weather: am= S pm= S/PC Temp in the mid 90's. Terrible hazy day which is differcult to see anything at the sky. Wind from the SW. Increasing clouds after 1pm. Raptor Migration Highlight: Impossible to see anything. Non-Raptor Migration Highlight: Manage to spot a few birds with three swallows between 9-10am and 4 unidentified birds between 1-2pm. 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 ========================================================================== =========================================================================