Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 21:36:03 -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. 11TH - 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 10/11 SEASON 1999
Turkey Vulture 23 182 608
Black Vulture 0 14 37
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
Bald Eagle (a & i) 0 18 32
Northern Harrier 0 24 37
Sharp-shinned Hawk 25 244 386
Cooper's Hawk 2 81 234
Northern Goshawk 0 2 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 42 194
Broad-winged Hawk 0 13,583* 12,113
Red-tailed Hawk 2 47 893
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 5
Osprey 2 82 84
American Kestrel 2 105 136
Merlin 0 11 36
Peregrine Falcon 0 4 5
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 n/a
Unidentified Accipiter 0 4 2
Unidentified Buteo 0 3 8
Unidentified Eagle 0 0 n/a
Unidentified Falcon 0 1 2
Unidentified Raptor 0 2 2
57 14,452 14,819
Non-Raptor 10/11 SEASON 1999
Common Loon 0 1 ??
Double-crested Cormorant 0 14 95
Great Blue Heron 0 5 11
Great Egret 0 2 n/a
Canada Goose 0 1,609 2,338
Snow Goose 0 25 149
Mallard 0 3 n/a
American Black Duck 0 2 2
Laughing Gull 0 1 1
Ring-billed Gull 0 97 135
Herring Gull 0 5 n/a
Caspian Tern 0 3 n/a
Common Nighthawk 0 62 63
Chimney Swift 3 5,282* 2,082
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 15* 7
Belted Kingfisher 0 1 1
Downy Woodpecker 0 1 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0 3 ?
Red-bellied Woodpecker 0 2 ?
Northern Flicker 1 12 16
Eastern Phoebe 0 5* 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 0 488* 149
N. Rough-winged Swallow 0 73* 35
Unidentified swallow sp. 0 43 n/a
Blue Jay 21 889 2,914
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 2 ?
Red-breasted Nuthatch 0 2 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 38 107
Golden-crowned Kinglet 0 15 48
Gray Catbird 0 7 8
Hermit Thrush 0 6* 3
Veery 0 1 ?
Swainson's Thrush 0 2 ?
American Robin 0 76 1,281
Northern Mockingbird 0 2 2
Cedar Waxwing 0 139 161
Red-eyed Vireo 0 3* 1
Nashville Warbler 0 2 ?
Yellow Warbler 0 7* 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 4 ?
Chestnut-sided Warbler 0 2 n/a
Magnolia Warbler 0 3 n/a
Black-throated Green W 0 7 ?
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 30 ?
Blue Grosbeak 0 1 ?
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0 2 n/a
Song Sparrow 0 31* 28
White-throated Sparrow 0 25 103?
Swamp Sparrow 0 1 1
"Slate-colored" Junco 0 1 95
Unidentified sparrow sp. 2 51 281
Red-winged Blackbird 0 8 60
Rusty Blackbird 0 2 n/a
Common Grackle 0 8 84
Baltimore Oriole 0 1 n/a
American Goldfinch 0 79 136
Scarlet Tanager 0 5* 1
House Finch 0 11 26
Unidentified passerine 31 343 1,290
62 9,788 11,913
Butterfly 10/11 SEASON 1999
Monarch 2 2,613 6,595
Red Admiral 0 32* 4
American Lady 0 7 11
Mourning Cloak 1 7* 5
Question Mark 0 2* 1
3 2,661 6,616
* refer to new season record
Weather: am= S pm= S Temp in the upper 60's. Wind
from the W all day. Mostly Sunny all day with very few
thin clouds at the site and a lot of clouds to the
south of my site.
Raptor Migration Highlight: Another good day for
Turkey Vultures and nice # of Sharpies. If the
Sharpies continues in good # each day, I may get about
400 or so to break a new record.
Non-Raptor Migration Highlight: Very slow day with few
passerines passing through along the west side of the
ridge, quite in a distance from my site.
Butterfly Migration Highlight: After been absent for
two days, both Monarch appear between 10-11am along
with a Mourning Cloak.
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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