Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 18:45:41 -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 Wed 10/4 report: 2 TV, 1 SS, 1 BW, 3 UA, 1 UB = 8 18 waxwings, 36 blue jays, 34 swifts, 11 unid pass. 33 Monarch, 4 Red Admiral, and 1 American Lady. Another bad hazy Indian summer day. Wind variable with posible out of SE. Started at 10am instead of 9am due to heavy haze. Most of unidentified rapotrs was in the distance on the east side of the ridge with a blurry sky. This coming weekend will be a good one with big cold front and temp drop to 30's at night will bring in good flights of falcons and accipiter same as last Oct, on the 1st with 50+ kestrel, dozen of merlin and peregrine and 40+ each of SS and CH. This year on Oct 1st is warm and last Oct 1st was overcast and good flight of falcons and accipiters. Hope for the best. Kevin Graff Baltimore, MD hawkwatch_21206@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================