[MDOsprey] [BIRDHAWK] Backyard Hawk Watch
Geoff Graff (ggraff@erols.com)
Wed, 15 Sep 1999 21:19:41 -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)
Counters: Kevin Graff (Sept. 14th - 9am-10am, & Sept. 15th - 9am-11am)
Elliot Kirschbaum (Sept. 14th - 3pm-6pm)
(site manned, it depends on the weather, 8am-7:30pm (Sept.), except
Mon.-Thurs. 8am-2pm)
SPECIES 9/14 9/15 SEASON
TV 0 0 20
BV 0 0 2
GE 0 0 0
BE (2 ad. & 8 imm.) 0 0 10
NH 0 0 4
SS 1 0 27
CH 0 0 13
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 4
BW 11 0 193
RT 0 0 10
RL 0 0 0
OS 0 0 19
AK 0 0 26
ML 0 0 4
PF 0 0 0
SH 0 0 0
UA 0 0 0
UB 0 0 1
UF 0 0 0
UR 0 0 1
12 0 334
Non-Raptor 9/14 9/15 SEASON
Great Blue Heron 0 0 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 0 0 9
Ring-billed Gull 0 0 14
Common Nighthawk+ 2 0 49
Chimney Swift+ 31 4 265
Ruby-th. Hummingbird 0 0 5*
Belted Kingfisher 0 0 1 (male)
Least Flycatcher 0 0 1
Eastern Kingbird 0 0 3
Purple Martin 0 0 5
Barn Swallow 0 1 169*
Tree Swallow 1 0 92*
N. Rough-winged Swallow 0 0 34
Red-breasted Nuthatch 0 0 2
Am. Robin 0 0 9
Cedar Waxwing 0 0 53*
Yellow Warbler 0 0 1 (imm.)
Black-th. Blue Warbler 0 0 1 (female)
Black-and-white Warbler 0 0 1
Am. Redstart 0 0 4
Bobolink 0 0 3
Chipping Sparrow 0 0 4
Swamp Sparrow 0 0 1
Unid. sparrow sp. 0 0 62
Common Grackle 0 0 41
Am. Goldfinch 0 0 5
Unid. non-raptor sp. 0 0 49
34 5 874
Butterfly 9/14 9/15 SEASON
Monarch 6 0 243
Weather: am=PC (14th) MC (15th) pm=PC (14th) MC (15th) :Temp in
the upper 70's on both days and wind from the SE on the 14th and NE on
the 15th.
Raptor Migration Highlight: As reported yesterday, the kettle was sen at
9:54am on the 14th at far end of east side of the ridge.
Non-Raptor Migration Highlight: n/a
Butterfly Migration Highlight: n/a
Kevin Graff
Baltimore, MD
ggraff@erols.com