Okay,
As the flight slowed down I could finally tear myself away from the skies
and get some work done. What a morning!!
Total tally 10:00AM-12:15PM:
Common Loon -- 27 heading north (many circling to gain altitude)
Double-crested Cormorant -- 15
Great Blue Heron -- 1
Red-tailed Hawk -- 3 (1 AD, 2 SY)
Red-shouldered Hawk -- 4 (1 resident pair)
Broad-winged Hawk -- 20 (6 in one kettle)
Cooper's Hawk -- 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk -- 3
Peregrine -- 1 (SY)
Merlin -- 2
American Kestrel -- 1 M
Black Vulture -- 4
Turkey Vulture -- 5
Chimney Swift -- 1
Barn Swallow -- 3
Tree Swallow -- 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher -- 1 singing
Pine Siskin -- 1 fly-by
Can't wait 'till tomorrow!
Good birding!
Frode Jacobsen
Parkview Trail, Windsor Mill 21244 |