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Backyard HawkWatch, 11/02/09

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:28:30 -0800

Hi all,


  Great day to see hawks at my old backyard hawkwatch at a temporary site in small grassy area between my old place and the ridge.  Odd to have that many on a NE winds. John Landers came by and we both had over 200 during his stay. 


11/02/09 - 1030am-3pm
Backyard HawkWatch at temporary site on grassy area, White Ave., Gardenville section of Baltimore, MD

WEATHER: Overcast/MC, 55-57 degrees, NE 10 mph- E 6 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin Graff (1030am-3pm), John Landers (1130am-230pm)

Canada Goose - 51 (48 headed SE at 156pm, 3 headed E at 229pm)
Common Loon - 4 (2 at 134pm headed SE, 2 at 136pm headed SE)
Black Vulture - 3
Turkey Vulture - 137 (kettle of 25 at 1251pm, 18 at 152pm)
Bald Eagle - 6 (3 adults, 1 4th, 1 2nd) 
Northern Harrier - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 37
Cooper's Hawk - 7
Red-shouldered Hawk - 20
Red-tailed Hawk - 126
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK - 1 (adult light phase, 1059am following single Redtail)
American Kestrel - 1
Merlin - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 8
Mourning Dove - 1 
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 21
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 
American Robin - 18 
Northern Mockingbird - 1 
European Starling - 12 
AMERICAN PIPIT - 3
Cedar Waxwing - 17 
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 2 
Common Grackle - 6
House Finch - 4
American Goldfinch - 11 
House Sparrow - 3
SPECIES: 32
TOTAL BIRDS: 510

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 5


Raptors by hours

                  1030-11 11-12 12-1 1-2 2-3   Total
Black Vulture           0     0    3   0   0       3
Turkey Vulture         10    39   55  29   4     137
Bald Eagle              0     1    2   2   1       6
Northern Harrier        1     0    0   0   0       1
Sharp-shinned Hawk      4    10    9  11   3      37
Cooper's Hawk           1     2    2   2   0       7
Red-shouldered Hawk     3     5    6   5   1      20
Red-tailed Hawk        13    36   28  38  11     126
Rough-legged Hawk       1     0    0   0   0       1
American Kestrel        0     0    0   1   0       1
Merlin                  0     0    0   1   0       1
                       33    93  105  89  20     340


Bald Eagle - 1 adult   1133am
             2 adult   1243pm
             1 adult    105pm     
             1 4th      157pm  
             1 2nd      244pm



     Kevin Graff
     Jarrettsville, MD