Cromwell Valley Park HawkWatch  Friday, Oct. 14th and Saturday, Oct. 15th   2005

With the first peeks of sun in a week or so I decided to see if anything was flying.
TOTALS for Friday 10/14/2005

Sharpies - 28
Coopers - 3
Osprey - 2
Red tails - 3

Beautiful weather on Saturday brought out the hawks as well as the hawk-watchers, with 12 
birders visiting the watch site throughout the day. As a cold front moved through about 1:00pm, a 
distinct increase in raptors was noted immediately, culminating in a pair of Peregrine falcons at 4:
35pm!! Local Red-tails pose a bit of a problem as they are very  interactive with migrating Red-
tails. Talon drop, dives and unison flying are among the displays they exhibit as they say to the 
migrants"KEEP MOVING, THIS IS MY TERRITORY'. Only those Red-tails that move south past the 
ridge are added to our hawk count.

TOTALS for Saturday 10/15/2005
Sharpies - 41
Coopers - 2
Red-tails - 5
Osprey - 4
N.Harrier - 1
Kestral - 1
Merlin - 2
Peregrine - 2
Bald eagle - 1

Jim Meyers    Parkville Md