As the peak Broad-winged Hawk migration season approaches, a group of hawk-watchers
from the Baltimore area hope to answer a question that has long had us wondering.
Looking
at the data from several area hawk-watch sites(TURKEY POINT, Md.- ROSE TREE
PARK ,Pa.
and CROMWELL VALLEY PARK,Md.) it appears that most of the BW Hawks avoid the
Chesapeake Bay by flying south-west and roughly following the Interstate 95 corridor. We
believe that large numbers of these raptors may hug the coast and cross the Susquehana
River near Havre De Grace.
Begining around Sept. 15th, 2007, a small group of us from the CROMWELL VALLEY PARK
HAWKWATCH will begin counting hawks at Havre De Grace to see if our theory is true.
We
will be counting from the LOCK HOUSE MUSEUM which is located at the base of the Rt 40
bridge near Susquehana State Park. We hope to be here at least several days until Sept.
25th.
We invite anyone who is interested to join us, especially those Harford County birders
who may have some insight as to this question. I plan on posting our results daily here on
MDOSPREY. Please feel free to contact me concerning precise dates and times.
Jim Meyers
Cromwell Valley Park HawkWatch
Parkville Md
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