Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 19:23:50 -0700
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From: Kevin Graff <hawkwatch_21206@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: [BIRDHAWK] Backyard Hawk Watch
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Backyard Hawk Watch (est. 1992), Fall 2000
Reports: Kevin Graff (hawkwatch_21206@yahoo.com)
Counter: Kevin Graff (Sept. 27th - 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 09/27 SEASON 1999
Turkey Vulture 2 50 608
Black Vulture 0 8 37
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
Bald Eagle (a & i) 0 12 32
Northern Harrier 1 15 37
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 88 386
Cooper's Hawk 2 33 234
Northern Goshawk 0 1 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 23 194
Broad-winged Hawk 502 12,355* 12,113
Red-tailed Hawk 0 18 893
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 5
Osprey 0 39 84
American Kestrel 1 46 136
Merlin 0 5 36
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 5
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 n/a
Unidentified Accipiter 0 1 2
Unidentified Buteo 0 2 8
Unidentified Eagle 0 0 n/a
Unidentified Falcon 0 1 2
Unidentified Raptor 0 1 2
513 12,700 14,819
Non-Raptor 09/27 SEASON 1999
Double-crested Cormorant 0 14 95
Great Blue Heron 0 5 11
Great Egret 0 2 n/a
Canada Goose 2 524 2,338
Mallard 0 3 n/a
American Black Duck 0 2 2
Laughing Gull 0 1 1
Ring-billed Gull 0 93 135
Herring Gull 0 5 n/a
Caspian Tern 0 3 n/a
Common Nighthawk 2 54 63
Chimney Swift 57 4,969* 2,082
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 14* 7
Belted Kingfisher 0 1 1
Northern Flicker 3 6 16
Eastern Phoebe 0 4* 3
Least Flycatcher 0 2* 1
Eastern Kingbird 0 3 3
Purple Martin 0 26* 5
Barn Swallow 0 154 175
Cliff Swallow 0 7 n/a
Bank Swallow 0 49 n/a
Tree Swallow 5 474* 149
N. Rough-winged Swallow 0 73* 35
Unidentified swallow sp. 0 43 n/a
Blue Jay 50 410 2,914
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 2 ?
Red-breasted Nuthatch 0 2 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 0 23 107
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6 6 48
Gray Catbird 0 1 8
Swainson's Thrush 0 2 ?
American Robin 0 40 1,281
Cedar Waxwing 0 89 161
Red-eyed Vireo 0 3* 1
Nashville Warbler 0 1 ?
Yellow Warbler 0 7* 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 0 2 n/a
Magnolia Warbler 0 2 n/a
Black-throated Green W 0 5 ?
Prairie Warbler 0 2 n/a
Cerulean Warbler 0 2 n/a
American Redstart 0 4 4
Common Yellowthroat 0 1 ?
Unidentified warbler sp. 0 27 ?
Blue Grosbeak 0 1 ?
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0 2 n/a
Song Sparrow 0 20 28
White-throated Sparrow 0 11 103?
"Slate-colored" Junco 0 1 95
Unidentified sparrow sp. 0 25 281
Common Grackle 0 6 84
Baltimore Oriole 0 1 n/a
American Goldfinch 4 61 136
Scarlet Tanager 0 5* 1
Unidentified passerine 17 255 1,290
146 7,524 11,671
Butterfly 09/27 SEASON 1999
Monarch 58 1,841 6,595
Red Admiral 2 15* 4
American Lady 0 2 11
Mourning Cloak 0 3 5
60 1,861 6,615
* refer to new season record
Weather: am= S pm= S Temp. in the upper 60's. Wind
from the W in am changing to WNW by 11:30am.
Raptor Migration Highlight: Many small numbers after
9am at liftoff ranged at 1 and 2 birds up to 20 with
about 200 total. Largest kettles at very high on clear
sky was 168 and 194 in a long stream, not a good view
in distance above me. After that BWs slowing down rest
of late morning and early afternoon.
Non-Raptor Migration Highlight: More good flight of BJ
all morning. Couple of nighthawks at daytime, one at
145pm and one at 148pm. Season first Golden-crowned
Kinglet with flock of 6.
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
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