Backyard Hawkwatch

Geoff Graff (ggraff@erols.com)
Sun, 13 Sep 1998 20:19:05 -0400


Backyard Hawkwatch - northeast Baltimore City - Fall 1998
-White Ave. between Belair Rd. and Walther Ave.

    
    An impressive number of Broad-winged Hawks are moving pretty fast. A 
total of 2407 were counted including a sinlge kettle of 777.  Many more 
will be coming in the next few days because I recieve a e-mail from 
BIRDHAWK that 6,000 Broad-winged Hawks seen along eastern Massachusetts 
today as of 3:00pm and are moving south-southwest, the BIRDHAWK alert me 
and others along eastern Pennsylvania, northwest NJ and Backyard 
Hawkwatch (that's me) to keep a lookout in the next 3 to 5 days.
    I hope some of you who volunteer at Turkey Point and other hawkwatch 
location have a chance see a good number of BWs this week.

Total for 9/13

Broad-winged Hawk - 2407 a new record for single day*
Osprey - 14 a new record for single day*
Am. Kestrel - 4
Bald Eagle - 5 (2 adult and 3 imm.)
Merlin - 3
Turkey Vulture - 2
Cooper's Hawk - 1
N. Harrier - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1



Total for 1998 (Aug. 23-Sept. 13)                           1997

Turkey Vulture -             10                              362
Black Vulture -               0                               13
Golden Eagle -                0                                3
Bald Eagle -                  8                                9
N. Harrier -                  2                               25
Sharp-shinned Hawk -         10                              106
Cooper's Hawk -              11                               82
N. Goshawk -                  0                                2
Red-shouldered Hawk -         2                               51
Broad-winged Hawk -        3841                             4324
Red-tailed Hawk -             4                              339
Rough-legged Hawk -           0                               13
Osprey -                     22 new record*                   20
Am. Kestrel -                13                               23
Merlin -                      4                                7
Peregrine Falcon -            0                                2
Unidentified Raptors -        0                                7
Total:                     3927                             5338




          Kevin Graff
          Baltimore, MD
          ggraff@erols.com