Folks

Vultures are not raptors.  They are more closely related to storks, but
Walter Ellison can explain this in more detail then I.  They often get
included in raptor counts.  Raptors are in the order falconidae and
accipitridae.  Vultures are cathartidae, and they are now placed before
waterfowl (ducks and geese).  Maybe it is tradition.

George


----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Mann" <>
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Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 5:50 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Eastern Neck Hawk Watch - Saturday October 23


> As a segment of the Refuge Week Events at Eastern Neck, the Kent County
> Bird
> Club held a Hawk Watch at the Narrows Bridge on Saturday, October 23 (in
> essence, this was a Big Sit Redux, except that we could wander outside the
> circle)
>
> We were on location from 10:00 AM until 2:30 pm. The weather was clear and
> breezy, with no clouds in the AM, building to a moderate number of clouds
> by
> afternoon.
>
> We had a 9 species of migratory diurnal raptors, and a total species count
> of 43.
>
> Raptor Numbers:
>
> Black Vulture - 13
> Turkey Vulture - 74
> Osprey - 2
> Bald Eagle
>   Immature - 6
>   Adult - 10
> Northern Harrier - 2
> Sharp-shinned Hawk - 17
> Cooper's Hawk - 6
> Red-shouldered Hawk - 4
> Red-tailed Hawk - 16
> Unidentified Raptor - 3
>
> Additional Species seen during the Hawk Watch:
>
> Snow Goose
> Canada Goose
> CACKLING GOOSE - one in a flock of Canadas
> Mute Swan
> Wood Duck
> American Black Duck
> Mallard
> Green-winged Teal
> Double-crested Cormorant
> Great Blue Heron
> Great Egret
> Black-crowned Night Heron
> Laughing Gull
> Ring-billed Gull
> Herring Gull
> Caspian Tern
> Royal Tern
> Forster's Tern
> Red-bellied Woodpecker
> Northern Flicker
> Blue Jay
> American Crow
> Fish Crow
> Horned Lark
> Tufted Titmouse
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet
> European Starling
> American Pipit
> Savannah Sparrow
> Song Sparrow
> Swamp Sparrow
> Dark-eyed Junco
> Red-winged Blackbird
> House Finch
> American Goldfinch
>
>
>
> Peter Mann, DVM, DACVP
> Manager, EPL NorthEast
> 13840 Sassafras Rd.
> Galena, MD 21635
> 410-648-5800 (phone)
> 410-648-6000 (fax)
> e-mail: 
>