Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 20:03:43 -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. 19th - 1pm-6pm & 7pm-8:15pm) (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: Yesterday report has only 6 Chimney Swifts and 1 Ring-billed Gull. MC with rain on and off. Raptor 08/19 SEASON 1999 Turkey Vulture 1 9 608 Black Vulture 0 1 37 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 Bald Eagle (imm.) 0 1 32 Northern Harrier 1 2 37 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1 386 Cooper's Hawk 0 2 234 Northern Goshawk 0 0 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 194 Broad-winged Hawk 0 12 12,113 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 893 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 5 Osprey 0 4 84 American Kestrel 0 7 136 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 2 42 14,819 Non-Raptor 08/19 SEASON 1999 Great Blue Heron 0 2 11 Great Egret 0 2 n/a Ring-billed Gull 2 13 135 Caspian Tern 0 3 n/a Common Nighthawk 9 11 63 Chimney Swift 17 267 2,082 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 2 7 Eastern Phoebe 0 2 3 Least Flycatcher 1 1 1 Eastern Kingbird 0 2 3 Purple Martin 0 23* 5 Barn Swallow 2 103 175 Cliff Swallow 0 5 n/a Bank Swallow 0 25 n/a Tree Swallow 2 295* 149 N. Rough-winged Swallow 0 69* 35 Unidentified swallow sp. 2 31 n/a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 1 ? Red-breasted Nuthatch 0 2 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 1 107 American Robin 0 7 1,281 Cedar Waxwing 0 35 161 Yellow Warbler 0 5* 1 Cerulean Warbler 0 2 n/a American Redstart 0 1 4 Unidentified warbler sp. 0 1 ? Unidentified sparrow sp. 14 15 281 Unidentified passerine 1 14 1,290 52 940 5,800 Butterfly 08/19 SEASON 1999 Monarch 4 31 6,595 Red Admiral 0 3 4 American Lady 0 2 11 Mourning Cloak 0 2 5 4 38 6,615 * refer to new season record Weather: am= n/a pm= PC Temp in the low 80's. Light wind from the N in am, to NNW around 1pm and NW to NWW few times. Increasing clouds in late pm. Raptor Migration Highlight: Slow day, with all that good NW wind. Non-Raptor Migration Highlight: Season first Least Flycatcher and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Good numbers of nighthawks started after 7pm. Butterfly Migration Highlight: n/a Non-Migrants Highlight: Few days ago, White-breasted Nuthatch pay a visit to the suet feeder. Downy Woodpecker continue at the feeder almost everyday and a House Wren near the alley. Standard hawk species identifier codes used: BV= Black Vulture, TV= Turkey Vulture, GE= Golden Eagle, BEBald Eagle, NH= Northern Harrier, SS= Sharp-shinned Hawk, CH= Cooper's Hawk, NG= Northern Goshawk, RSRed- 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!? 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 ======================================================================== == ========================================================================