Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 18:13:33 -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 (Sept. 4th - 9:30am-2:30pm & 5:30pm-8pm) (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: Friday report was short as I had to leave early at noon to go to work early and then to Williamsburg in VA for the weekend. Hawkwatch started at 9am and ended at noon with mixed of overcast skies and partly cloudy with temp in the upper 70's. Wind from the SE. Total birds seen, 2 Turkey Vultures, 31 Chimney Swifts, 1 Tree and 1 N Rough-winged Swallows. All these birds are including in the total below. Raptor 09/04 SEASON 1999 Turkey Vulture 1 20 608 Black Vulture 0 1 37 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 Bald Eagle (ad. & imm.) 0 3 32 Northern Harrier 0 3 37 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 3 386 Cooper's Hawk 0 3 234 Northern Goshawk 0 0 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 194 Broad-winged Hawk 3 20 12,113 Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 893 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 5 Osprey 2 11 84 American Kestrel 1 13 136 Merlin 0 2 36 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 5 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 n/a Unidentified Accipiter 0 1 2 Unidentified Buteo 0 0 8 Unidentified Eagle 0 0 n/a Unidentified Falcon 0 1 2 Unidentified Raptor 0 0 2 7 85 14,819 Non-Raptor 09/04 SEASON 1999 Double-crested Cormorant 1 1 95 Great Blue Heron 0 2 11 Great Egret 0 2 n/a Mallard 3 3 n/a American Black Duck 0 2 2 Ring-billed Gull 2 45 135 Herring Gull 2 5 n/a Caspian Tern 0 3 n/a Common Nighthawk 13 45 63 Chimney Swift 25 686 2,082 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 3 7 Eastern Phoebe 0 2 3 Least Flycatcher 0 1 1 Eastern Kingbird 0 3 3 Purple Martin 0 26* 5 Barn Swallow 4 140 175 Cliff Swallow 0 7 n/a Bank Swallow 0 49 n/a Tree Swallow 7 404* 149 N. Rough-winged Swallow 0 73* 35 Unidentified swallow sp. 1 43 n/a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 2 ? Red-breasted Nuthatch 0 2 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 0 1 107 Gray Catbird 0 1 8 American Robin 0 10 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 American Goldfinch 2 4 136 Unidentified passerine 0 30 1,290 60 1,654 6,041 Butterfly 08/30 SEASON 1999 Monarch 2 73 6,595 Red Admiral 0 3 4 American Lady 0 2 11 Mourning Cloak 0 2 5 2 80 6,615 * refer to new season record Weather: am= MC pm= MC/PC Temp in the mid 80's. Wind from the NW all day. The day begin with overcast sky in early am and to partly cloudy after 10am and blue sky appear in mid afternoon while I'm at work for couple hours. Raptor Migration Highlight: n/a Non-Raptor Migration Highlight: Increasing numbers of nighthawks with 12 between 7:03pm-7:14pm. anbd single one at 11:28am. Season first Mallard with a flock of three at 11:39am headed SE and season first cormorant at 11:48am headed SE. 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, 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, RT Red-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! 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