Backyard Hawkwatch - northeast Baltimore City - Fall 1998 -White Ave. between Belair Rd. and Walther Ave. A slow day in the morning with only 17 hawks, after 4:14pm, 3 kettles came in a minute apart for 3 minutes. An hour later (5:14pm), a strong wind, about 15-18 knots blew in from the sw. I hope the kettle of Broadwings took a rest before the strong wind blew across central Maryland. Total for 9/21 Broad-winged Hawk - 1006 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 4 Am. Kestrel - 3 Cooper's Hawk - 2 N. Harrier - 2 Osprey - 2 Turkey Vulture - 1 Total for 1998 (Aug. 23-Sept. 21) 1997 Turkey Vulture - 12 362 Black Vulture - 1 13 Golden Eagle - 0 3 Bald Eagle - 8 9 N. Harrier - 14 25 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 19 106 Cooper's Hawk - 15 82 N. Goshawk - 0 2 Red-shouldered Hawk - 3 51 Broad-winged Hawk - 7067 4324 Red-tailed Hawk - 5 339 Rough-legged Hawk - 0 13 Osprey - 33 20 Am. Kestrel - 21 23 Merlin - 6 7 Peregrine Falcon - 1 2 Swainson's Hawk - 1 (9/16) n/a Unidentified Raptors - 1 7 Total: 7207 5338 Kevin Graff Baltimore, MD ggraff@erols.com