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Backyard HawkWatch update

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Thu, 7 Oct 2010 18:46:13 -0700

Backyard HawkWatch on grassy field between my old place and the ridge in Baltimore City.  


10/5 - 12pm-2pm
1 TV, 1 NH, 12 SS, 3 CH, 1 RS, 3 RT, 3 AK, 1 ML
6 Chimney Swift, 2 N Flicker, 38 Blue Jay, 3 Tree Swallow, 20 Am Robin

10/7 - 9am-11am (left by 11am due to bright clear sky)
2 BV, 3 TV, 6 SS, 1 CH, 2 RS, 3 RT
1 YB Sapsucker, 35 Blue Jay, 3 American Robin

10/7 - 3pm-4pm
3 SS, 2 AK, 1 PG
2 Chimney Swift, 3 Blue Jay, 1 White-throated Sparrow



      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
9/22   3    0  3  0  0  0   2  0  0  0    3  2  0  0  0  0  0    10
9/26   3    0 11  4  2  1  16  2  0  2  159  4  0  0  3  1  0   205
9/28   3    0  5  3  1  1   6  0  0  0    5  1  0  0  2  0  0    24   
10/1   6    1  3  2  2  2  39  5  0  3   27 15  0  0  8  1  0   108
10/2  1.5   0  0  0  0  1   3  0  0  1    3  1  0  0  0  0  0     9
10/3   5    0  9  6  2  5  62  8  0 10   60 10  0  0  7  2  1   182
10/5   2    0  1  0  0  1  12  3  0  1    0  3  0  0  3  1  0    25
10/7   3    2  3  0  0  0   9  1  0  2    0  3  0  0  2  0  1    23
     48.5   6 97 42 23 17 191 23  0 24 4392 44  0  0 57  6  4  4926

If had time for full day each day since Aug, total raptors would be 17,000+ by now with roughly 15,000+ Broadwings and 2100 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

   6  Black Vulture
  97  Turkey Vulture
  42  Osprey
  23  Bald Eagle
  17  Northern Harrier
 191  Sharp-shinned Hawk
  23  Cooper's Hawk
  24  Red-shouldered Hawk
4392  Broad-winged Hawk
  44  Red-tailed Hawk
  57  American Kestrel
   6  Merlin
   4  Peregrine Falcon
4926


Non-raptors

  81  Canada Goose
   3  Blue-winged Teal
  26  Double-crested Cormorant
   2  Great Blue Heron
  13  Ring-billed Gull
 339  Chimney Swift
   2  Red-bellied Woodpecker - (migrating??, high flying SW)
   2  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  12  Northern Flicker
   1  Eastern Wood-Pewee
   1  Eastern Phoebe
 590  Blue Jay
   1  N. Rough-winged Swallow
   2  Purple Martin
  21  Tree Swallow
  12  Barn Swallow
  29  American Robin
   1  Gray Catbird
   2  Northern Mockingbird
   9  Cedar Waxwing
   1  Chestnut-sided Warbler (on tree, then flew SW)
   2  Yellow-rumped Warbler
   1  White-throated Sparrow 
   1  Scarlet Tanager
   4  Red-winged Blackbird
   1  Baltimore Oriole
1159

Total:  4926 raptors
        1159 non-raptors
        6085 migratory birds in 39 species



    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD