[MDOsprey] [BIRDHAWK] Backyard Hawk Watch
Geoff Graff (ggraff@erols.com)
Mon, 06 Sep 1999 21:50:13 -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 (Sept. 6th - 12pm-1:30pm & 3pm-4pm)
(site manned, it depends on the weather, 8am-7:30pm (Sept.), except
Mon.-Thurs. 8am-2pm)
SPECIES 9/06 SEASON 1998 1997
TV 0 4 525 362
BV 0 1 49 13
GE 0 0 1 3
BE (1 ad. & 4 imm.) 0 5 22 9
NH 0 2 48 25
SS 2 9 260 106
CH 0 3 153 82
NG 0 0 1 2
RS 0 3 108 51
BW 0 24 11,782 4,324
RT 0 7 526 339
RL 0 0 7 14
OS 0 13 48 20
AK 0 16 64 23
ML 0 1 15 7
PF 0 0 4 2
SH 0 0 1 n/a
UA 0 0 3 4
UB 0 1 3 3
UF 0 0 1 0
UR 0 0 0 0
2 89 13,621 5,338
Non-Raptor 9/06 SEASON 1998
Great Blue Heron 0 1 4
Short-billed Dowitcher 0 9 n/a
Ring-billed Gull 0 14 467
Common Nighthawk 0 8 188
Chimney Swift 6 70 4,486
Ruby-th. Hummingbird 0 1 1
Belted Kingfisher 0 1 (male) n/a
Least Flycatcher 0 1 n/a
Eastern Kingbird 0 3 n/a
Purple Martin 0 4 n/a
Barn Swallow 3 93* 3
Tree Swallow 0 29* 5
N. Rough-winged Swallow 0 30 n/a
Red-breasted Nuthatch 0 2 n/a
Am. Robin 0 4 866
Cedar Waxwing 13 13 30
Yellow Warbler 0 (imm.) 1 1
Black-th. Blue Warbler 0 (female) 1 n/a
Black-and-white Warbler 0 1 n/a
Am. Redstart 0 4 n/a
Bobolink 0 3 n/a
Chipping Sparrow 0 4 ?
Swamp Sparrow 0 1 n/a
Unid. sparrow sp. 0 33 ?
Common Grackle 0 41 n/a
Am. Goldfinch 0 4 50
Unid. non-raptor sp. 0 5 4,283 (including sparrow)
22 381 14,539 (33 species)
Butterfly 9/06 SEASON 1998
Monarch 1 59 7,399
1 59 7,399
Weather: am=(work) pm=PC/MC :Temp in the upper 70's and lower
80's. More bad clouds from the Dennis, I'm still waiting for the Dennis
to leave. Wind from the SE and sometimes SES and normal wind from the
SW.
Raptor Migration Highlight: Sharp-shinned likes to migrants in any types
of weather. First one came in at 12:08pm and headed SW and the second
one at 3:00pm and headed SE.
Non-Raptor Migration Highlight: Season first waxwings came as a flock of
13.
Butterfly Migration Highlight: n/a
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.
Shy codes: S= Sunny, MS= Mostly Sunny, MC= Mostly Cloudy, PC= Partly
Cloudy, R= Rain
Questions or comments on this report to Kevin Graff at
ggraff@erols.com
Kevin Graff
Baltimore, MD
ggraff@erols.com