Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 18:56:09 -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. 20th - 8:30am-5:15pm & 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. Raptor 08/20 SEASON 1999 Turkey Vulture 0 9 608 Black Vulture 0 1 37 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 Bald Eagle (imm.) 0 1 32 Northern Harrier 1 3 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 1 13 12,113 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 893 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 5 Osprey 1 5 84 American Kestrel 2 9 136 Merlin 0 1 36 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 5 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 n/a Unidentified Accipiter 1 1 2 Unidentified Buteo 0 0 8 Unidentified Eagle 0 0 n/a Unidentified Falcon 0 1 2 Unidentified Raptor 0 0 2 6 48 14,819 Non-Raptor 08/20 SEASON 1999 Great Blue Heron 0 2 11 Great Egret 0 2 n/a Ring-billed Gull 4 17 135 Caspian Tern 0 3 n/a Common Nighthawk 2 13 63 Chimney Swift 17 284 2,082 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 2 7 Eastern Phoebe 0 2 3 Least Flycatcher 0 1 1 Eastern Kingbird 0 2 3 Purple Martin 0 23* 5 Barn Swallow 4 107 175 Cliff Swallow 0 5 n/a Bank Swallow 0 25 n/a Tree Swallow 0 295* 149 N. Rough-winged Swallow 0 69* 35 Unidentified swallow sp. 0 31 n/a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 2 ? Red-breasted Nuthatch 0 2 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 0 1 107 Gray Catbird 1 1 8 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. 0 15 281 Unidentified passerine 4 18 1,290 33 973 5,808 Butterfly 08/20 SEASON 1999 Monarch 4 35 6,595 Red Admiral 0 3 4 American Lady 0 2 11 Mourning Cloak 0 2 5 4 42 6,615 * refer to new season record Weather: am= PC/MC pm= PC/S Temp in the upper 60's to low 70's in am to upper 70's in pm. Chilly morning with N wind shifting to ENE before 11am, and back to N before 2pm, and to NWW at 2:30pm, to W before 7pm. Took a break at 5:15pm because there is nothing up there until after 7pm. Raptor Migration Highlight: Another female harrier this past week. Unidentified Accipiter at 7:09pm was flying too fast to id's in a short view at south side of the ridge. Non-Raptor Migration Highlight: Season first Gray Catbird at 11am headed S. I may have more earlier, probably flying over at night. In the next few days, I hope, to get about 500 swallows because one of the hawk watch up north has over 500 in one day and another hundred the next day, nearly all are Tree Swallows. Butterfly Migration Highlight: n/a Non-Migrants Highlight: n/a 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 ======================================================================== == ========================================================================