Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 20:15:38 -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 (Oct. 3rd - 9am-11am & 12pm-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 10/03 SEASON 1999
Turkey Vulture 1 80 608
Black Vulture 0 8 37
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
Bald Eagle (a & i) 0 15 32
Northern Harrier 0 18 37
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 138 386
Cooper's Hawk 4 50 234
Northern Goshawk 0 1 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 27 194
Broad-winged Hawk 1 13,576* 12,113
Red-tailed Hawk 3 29 893
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 5
Osprey 0 50 84
American Kestrel 1 58 136
Merlin 1 8 36
Peregrine Falcon 0 3 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 2 2
12 14,069 14,819
Non-Raptor 10/03 SEASON 1999
Double-crested Cormorant 0 14 95
Great Blue Heron 0 5 11
Great Egret 0 2 n/a
Canada Goose 0 1,087 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 0 62 63
Chimney Swift 16 5,164* 2,082
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 15* 7
Belted Kingfisher 0 1 1
Downy Woodpecker 0 1 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0 1 ?
Red-bellied Woodpecker 0 2 ?
Northern Flicker 0 9 16
Eastern Phoebe 0 4* 3
Least Flycatcher 0 2* 1
Eastern Kingbird 0 3 3
Acadian Flycatcher 0 2 n/a
Empidonax flycatcher sp. 0 2 ?
Purple Martin 0 26* 5
Barn Swallow 0 154 175
Cliff Swallow 0 7 n/a
Bank Swallow 0 49 n/a
Tree Swallow 0 474* 149
N. Rough-winged Swallow 0 73* 35
Unidentified swallow sp. 0 43 n/a
Blue Jay 10 670 2,914
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 2 ?
Red-breasted Nuthatch 0 2 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 0 24 107
Golden-crowned Kinglet 0 11 48
Gray Catbird 2 7 8
Swainson's Thrush 0 2 ?
American Robin 0 65 1,281
Cedar Waxwing 13 109 161
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 26 28
White-throated Sparrow 0 18 103?
"Slate-colored" Junco 0 1 95
Unidentified sparrow sp. 0 30 281
Common Grackle 0 6 84
Baltimore Oriole 0 1 n/a
American Goldfinch 0 67 136
Scarlet Tanager 0 5* 1
Unidentified passerine 6 294 1,290
48 8,682 11,672
Butterfly 10/03 SEASON 1999
Monarch 281 2,549 6,595
Red Admiral 5 26* 4
American Lady 3 6 11
Mourning Cloak 1 4 5
Question Mark 1 2* 1
291 2,587 6,616
* refer to new season record
Weather: am= S pm= PC Temp in the mid 70's.
Wind from the W all day with possible WNW around 11am.
Mostly sunny all morning with terrible heavy haze,
almost impossible to see any flight. Decide to called
off for at least an hour until clouds appear from the
west and brought hawks with them.
Raptor Migration Highlight: Very slow day due to hazy
skies.
Non-Raptor Migration Highlight: Same as hawks.
Butterfly Migration Highlight: Pretty odd to see all 5
migrant butterflies in a same day. Monarch are picking
up well. New season records for Question Mark, seen at
the garden for a while and headed SW.
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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