Backyard Hawkwatch - northeast Baltimore City - Fall 1998 -White Ave. between Belair Rd. and Walther Ave. Another good day for Broadwings, mostly in the afternoon. Also one of best day for Monarch Butterfly and my best record, a total of 5,883 Monarch counted since 9:00am and a total about 7200 since early Sept. Swainson's Hawk is now on the list. One of the guy sent email to me and ask me if this hawk has a long tapered wings. Yes, this hawk has a long tapered wings. This is a lifelist for me and a new record for my hawkwatch. Total for 9/17 Broad-winged Hawk - 1282 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 5 N. Harrier - 3 Cooper's Hawk - 2 Osprey - 2 Am. Kestrel - 2 Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 Red-tailed Hawk - 1 Merlin - 1 Total for 1998 (Aug. 23-Sept. 17) 1997 Turkey Vulture - 11 362 Black Vulture - 1 13 Golden Eagle - 0 3 Bald Eagle - 8 9 N. Harrier - 12 25 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 15 106 Cooper's Hawk - 13 82 N. Goshawk - 0 2 Red-shouldered Hawk - 3 51 Broad-winged Hawk - 6061 best record* 4324 Red-tailed Hawk - 5 339 Rough-legged Hawk - 0 13 Osprey - 31 best record* 20 Am. Kestrel - 18 23 Merlin - 6 7 Peregrine Falcon - 1 2 Swainson's Hawk - 1 new record (9/16) n/a Unidentified Raptors - 1 7 Total: 6187 new record* 5338 Kevin Graff Baltimore, MD ggraff@erols.com