Backyard Hawkwatch

Geoff Graff (ggraff@erols.com)
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 22:58:12 -0400


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