Watched the sky from home today between 11 and 1 pm. Best raptor day I
have ever had at the house.
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture - 2
Cooper's Hawk -2
Sharp-shinned - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 9
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
Osprey - 2, maybe 3
American Kestrel - 2
ID got progressively more difficult after 12 pm as most birds were at
greater altitude. Quite a few birds had to go unidentified. Almost all
birds with the exception of TVs and the Red-shouldereds were travelling
from NE to SW.
Other birds:
Tree Swallow (1)
Rock Dove* (8 or so)
* My 1st yard Rock Doves of the year.
Andy Martin
Gaithersburg
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