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Cromwell Valley Park HawkWatch

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Jim Meyers

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Jim Meyers

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Sat, 24 Sep 2005 23:13:26 -0400

Cromwell Valley Park HawkWatch   Saturday, Sept. 24th  2005

Between 9 and 10am a small group of birders witnessed what they had hoped for, and more! Just 
under 1,400 Broad-winged hawks were seen rising from their roosts, forming kettles and 
streaming south. A similar flight was seen at Cylburn Arboretum, thanks to Steve Sanfords' well 
informed prediction. ( See Steve's posting on today's MDOSPREY also. ) I myself was at the DIANNE 
GEPPI AIKENS fund raising event at Loyola College and ( without binoculars ) saw 3 large kettles 
totalling about 200 hawks!!
By 10:30am or so my wife Joanne and I arrived at the CVP watch site. We may have missed the big 
flight of BWs, but we were thrilled to see a fairly steady flight of accipiters, falcons, Bald eagles 
and Osprey, not to mention dozens of BWs. With several observers skilled at hawk identifying ( Joe 
P., Kevin G., Cal O. , Mark M., and Taylor M., among others ), the falcon ID tips were particularly 
helpful. At least 17 visitors came out today, and we at CVP thank you all.
CROMWELL VALLEY PARK HAWKWATCH TOTALS   9/24/2005

Broad-winged hawk - 1,412

Sharp-shinned hawk - 19

Coopers hawk - 5

Osprey - 21

Bald Eagle - 7

N. Harrier - 2

Kestral - 6

Merlin - 6

Peregrine falcon - 4 ( 2 fairly low flyers gave us good views )

Jim Meyers   Parkville  Md