Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 20:15:38 -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 (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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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