[MDOsprey] [BIRDHAWK] Hawk Mountain trip
Geoff Graff (ggraff@erols.com)
Wed, 13 Oct 1999 23:18:50 -0400
Went to Hawk Mountain with the Horsehead Wetlands Center staffs and
volunteers today and between 12pm-2:30pm we had 128 hawks, not bad. All
reported at North Lookout.
48 Turkey Vulture (there are 20 others but mostly wandering)
10 Black Vulture
4 N. Harrier
30 Sharp-shinned Hawk
6 Cooper's Hawk
1 N. Goshawk
22 Red-tailed Hawk
4 Osprey
1 Am. Kestrel
2 Merlin
128 10 species
Hourly record: 12-1 1-2 2-2:30 Total
Turkey Vulture 26 5 17 48
Black Vulture 0 8 2 10
N. Harrier 1 3 0 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 9 13 8 30
Cooper's Hawk 0 5 1 6
N. Goshawk 1 0 0 1
Red-tailed Hawk 10 7 5 22
Osprey 2 2 0 4
Am. Kestrel 0 0 1 1
Merlin 1 0 1 2
50 43 34 128
Highlight of the Day: An. N. Goshawk was seen at 12:38pm headed SW and
was in a good view. An Red-tailed Hawk was prepare to dive at a prey,
but before that, he was flying at a incredible close up view as he glide
along side of us at around 10 feet.
Other migrants: 5 Canada Geese headed SE from South Lookout at 11:30am,
a flock of 5 Purple Finch flyby at North Lookout, and several Blue Jay
too.
Other birds seen before and after our hawkwatching: 20 Turkey Vulture
(non-migrants), 1 Wild Turkey, 2 Mourning Dove, 3 Chimney Swift, 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker, 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 2 Downy Woodpecker,
1 N. Flicker, 1 Pileated Woodpecker, 15 Blue Jay, 7 Am. Crow, 1 Common
Raven (seen on other side of ridge across the valley from the South
Lookout), 8 Black-capped Chickadee, 5 Tufted Titmouse, 2 White-breasted
Nuthatch, 1 Carolina Wren, 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3 Ruby-crowned
Kinglet, 5 Am. Robin, 1 N. Mockingbird, 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 1
Black-throated Green Warbler, 1 Ovenbird (closeup view from the window
of the Visitor Center), 6 N. Cardinal, 2 White-throated Sparrow, 8
"Slate-colored" Junco, 2 Am. Goldfinch, 2 House Sparrow
We end the day with 39 species, but someone might have two other
species.
Kevin Graff
Baltimore, MD
ggraff@erols.com