Cromwell Valley Park HawkWatch  -  Saturday,  November 12th - 2005

Encouraged by Friday's sighting of a Golden Eagle at CVP, several of us hoped for a good flight 
today and were not disappointed.  No eagles were seen, but a wonderful buteo passage was 
observed.   The Redtails were clearly using the lift produced by a light west wind off the ridges, 
and many flew directly over our heads.  The flight  was more of a westerly direction than usual.  By 
11:30,  many migrants were extremely high and hard to see against a clear blue sky.  Well honed 
observational skills were supplied by Jim (BLUEBIRD) Zeman,  who was in town on loan from the 
CADILLAC MT.HAWKWATCH in Maine!!!!   ha ha.....   Thanks Jim.

CVP HawkWatch Totals - 11/12/2005

Redtails - 81

Red-shoulders - 15

Sharpies - 7

Merlin - 1

Jim Meyers    Parkville  Md