Pretty good day earlier today. After seeing a kettle of about 450 Broadwings at Cromwell, I quickly left for my old hawkwatch. As soon as I got there at 1030am, I saw probably about 2000 BW way far to the south over the trees and unable to count it due to distance and trees in the way. If I had got their earlier, I would've had over 5000 Broadwings today. Would've got some help on clear day. Many are very high. Last week while in Wildwood, NJ I would have about 10,000 more during that time.
Earlier today - First kettle of 522 before 11am and more continue and then single bird every couple minutes. Good day for eagles with 11 total.
7/15 - 1pm-130pm
1 TV, 1 AK
1 Great Blue Heron, 1 Barn Swallow
8/02 - 345pm-415pm
1 TV, 1 BE
2 Purple Martin, 3 Barn Swallow
8/03 - 12pm-1pm
2 TV
1 N. Rough-winged Swallow, 6 Barn Swallow
8/19 - 10am-11am & 1pm-2pm
2 TV, 1 OS, 1 BE, 1 AK
1 Ring-billed Gull
8/23 - 345pm-4pm
1 BV
12 Ring-billed Gull, 2 Barn Swallow
8/25 - 145pm-230pm
1 TV, 1 CH, 1 BW
55 Chimney Swift, 1 Tree Swallow
9/04 - 1130am-1230pm
2 TV, 1 OS, 1 BW, 1 RT
26 Chimney Swift, 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee (in flight)
9/09 - 1pm-2pm
2 TV, 2 OS, 1 BE, 2 BW
3 Cedar Waxwing
9/10 - 12pm-3pm
8 TV, 5 OS, 1 NH, 5 SS, 37 BW, 4 AK
3 Blue-winged Teal, 18 Chimney Swift, 2 Blue Jay, 4 Tree Swallow
9/13 - 4pm-6pm
15 TV, 8 OS, 2 NH, 6 SS, 1 CH, 254 BW, 6 AK, 1 PG
112 Chimney Swift, 1 Northern Flicker, 2 Tree Swallow
9/14 - 1230pm-125pm
3 TV, 1 OS, 1 NH, 3 SS, 1 RS, 181 BW, 2 AK, 1 PG
33 Chimney Swift, 1 Tree Swallow
9/19 - 3pm-6pm
13 TV, 6 OS, 2 BE, 1 NH, 11 SS, 1 CH, 2 RS, 320 BW, 1 RT, 7 AK, 1 ML
1 Great Blue Heron, 22 Chimney Swift, 8 Blue Jay, 6 Tree Swallow
9/20 - 4pm-5pm
1 OS, 2 SS, 19 BW, 2 AK
6 Chimney Swift, 2 Blue Jay
9/21 - 1030am-1pm
2 BV, 8 TV, 8 BE, 1 NH, 9 SS, 1 CH, 2 RS, 2706 BW, 2 RT, 6 AK
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 3 Northern Flicker, 15 Chimney Swift, 27 Blue Jay, 1 Tree Swallow, 2 Northern Mockingbird, 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler, 1 Red-winged Blackbird
9/21 - 4pm-6pm (same day)
4 TV, 2 OS, 3 BE, 6 SS, 614 BW, 1 RT, 3 AK
6 Canada Goose, 1 Northern Flicker, 20 Blue Jay
Hrs BV TV OS BE NH SS CH NG RS BW RT RL GE AK ML PG TTL
7/15 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
8/02 0.5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
8/03 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
8/19 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
8/23 .75 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8/25 .75 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
9/04 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
9/09 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
9/10 3 0 8 5 0 1 5 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 4 0 0 60
9/13 2 0 15 8 0 2 6 1 0 0 254 0 0 0 6 0 1 293
9/14 1 0 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 181 0 0 0 2 0 1 193
9/19 3 0 13 6 2 1 11 1 0 2 320 1 0 0 7 1 0 365
9/20 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 2 0 0 24
9/21 4.5 2 12 2 11 1 15 1 0 2 3320 3 0 0 9 0 0 3378
3 62 27 16 6 42 4 0 5 4135 5 0 0 32 1 2 4340
If had time for full day each day since Aug, total raptors would be 17,000 by now with roughly 15,000 Broadwings and 2000 other raptors. On my final full year in 2000 I had over 15,000 Broadwings and 4000 other raptors due to more hours each day.
Raptors
3 Black Vulture
62 Turkey Vulture
27 Osprey
16 Bald Eagle
6 Northern Harrier
42 Sharp-shinned Hawk
4 Cooper's Hawk
5 Red-shouldered Hawk
4135 Broad-winged Hawk
5 Red-tailed Hawk
32 American Kestrel
1 Merlin
2 Peregrine Falcon
4340
Non-raptors
6 Canada Goose (single flock high flying SE)
3 Blue-winged Teal
2 Great Blue Heron
13 Ring-billed Gull
287 Chimney Swift
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker (migratory??, high flying SWW)
5 Northern Flicker
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
59 Blue Jay
1 N. Rough-winged Swallow
2 Purple Martin
15 Tree Swallow
12 Barn Swallow
2 Northern Mockingbird (high flying SW)
3 Cedar Waxwing
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler (on tree, then flew SW)
1 Red-winged Blackbird
415
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD
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