[MDOsprey] [BIRDHAWK] Backyard Hawk Watch - first day
Geoff Graff (ggraff@erols.com)
Tue, 03 Aug 1999 22:54:11 -0400
Backyard Hawk Watch (est. 1992), Fall 1999
Site: 3812 White Ave., between Belair Rd. and Walther Ave. - northeast
Baltimore City in the Gardenville section
Topography of the Site: The prominent peak in the area is a steep ridge
about 180-200' above Belair Rd. and about 260' above sea level. It runs
northeast to southwest and is the first ridge west of the Chesapeake
Bay. It is about 12 miles from the bay, and is about 5 miles northwest
of the head of Back River, an arm of the bay, and about 6 miles north of
Baltimore's Inner Harbor. There is a long narrow old-growth of woods
between 3-5 acres on top of the ridge. My hawkwatch site is about 150
yards west of the ridge. The only road that runs along side of ridge is
Fairwood Ave., that connects from White Ave. to Parkmount Ave.
The hawkwatch is located in my backyard. Most of the hawk flights
arrive from the northeast and a few from the north and northeast-east.
Reports: Kevin Graff (ggraff@erols.com)
Counter: Kevin Graff (Aug. 3rd - 8:15am-12:15pm & 8pm-8:30pm)
(site manned, it depends on the weather, 8am-8pm (August), except
Mon.-Thurs. 8am-2pm)
SPECIES 8/03 SEASON 1998
TV 1 1 525
BV 0 0 49
GE 0 0 1
BE 0 0 22
NH 0 0 48
SS 0 0 260
CH 0 0 153
NG 0 0 1
RS 0 0 108
BW 0 0 11,782
RT 0 0 526
RL 0 0 7
OS 0 0 48
AK 0 0 64
ML 0 0 15
PF 0 0 4
SH 0 0 1
UA 0 0 3
UB 0 0 3
UF 0 0 1
UR 0 0 0
1 1 13,621
Weather: am=S pm=PS :Temp in the mid 80's all day with light breeze
and a couple of clouds from the SWW.
Raptor Migration Highlight: The season first hawk came in at 9:04am from
the northeast and headed SW.
Non-Raptor Migration Highlight: A couple of Barn Swallows headed SW in
the morning and a 3 flocks of 38 Common Grackle headed SES in the
evening.
Butterfly Migration Highlight: a single male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
headed SW. (9 other Tiger Swallowtail, 8 male and a single female
(black) along with several Silver-spotted Skipper, Fiery Skipper,
Cabbage White, and a Monarch seen all day feeding on one of 6 Butterfly
Bushes, none of them are moving south, but staying at the bushes all
day.)
Standard hawk species identifier codes used: TV= Turkey Vulture, BV=
Black Vulture, GE= Golden Eagle, BE= Bald Eagle, NH= N. Harrier, SS=
Sharp-shinned Hawk, CH= Cooper's Hawk, NG= N. Goshawk, RS=
Red-shouldered Hawk, BW= Broad-winged Hawk, RT= Red-tailed Hawk, RL=
Rough-legged Hawk, OS= Osprey, AK= Am. Kestrel, ML= Merlin, PF=
Peregrine Falcon, SH= Swainson's Hawk, UA= Unidentified Accipiter, UB=
Unidentified Buteo, UF= Unidentified Falcon, UR= Unidentified Raptor.
Sky Codes: S= Sunny, MS= Mostly Sunny, PS= Partly Sunny, MC= Mostly
Cloudy, MR= Mostly Rain
Questions or comments on this report to Kevin Graff at
ggraff@erols.com
Kevin Graff
Baltimore, MD
ggraff@erols.com