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Saturday at the Hawk watch I mean finch watch

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Sean McCandless

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Sean McCandless

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Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:36:46 -0500

Hi all, as expected it was slow. I started right at 8 and ended around 11:30. The land birds were everywhere and very active, including many species of Duck flying over.

Hawk Count;
8 o'clock hour
Coopers Hawk 1
Black Vulture 2

9 o'clock hour
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Coopers Hawk 1
Red-tailed hawk 2

10 o;clock hour
Sharp shinned Hawk 5
Coopers Hawk 4
Red tailed Hawk 2
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 1 2nd year

11 o'clock hour
Coopers 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4

Other interesting birds/fly over's;
Common loons 6
Hooded Merganser 2
Scaup sp. 100
Northern Shoveler 7
Pintail 3
Black Duck 2
Mallard 5
Tundra Swans 14
Eastern Screech Owl 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Flicker 2
Brown Creeper 1
Golden-crowned Kinglets 2
American Pipit 3
Cedar Waxwings 315
American Robin 200
Bluebirds 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Rusty Blackbirds 25
Eastern Towhee 3
Purple Finch 46
House Finch 5
Pine Siskin 17
Gold finch 95