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Backyard HawkWatch update

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:03:23 -0700

Will catch up on other reports as the internet was down since late Wed night. 


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


10/10 - 130pm-4pm
3 TV, 2 OS, 1 BE, 13 SS, 3 CH, 7 RS, 1 BW, 6 RT, 2 AK
29 Blue Jay, 6 American Robin, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 2 Chipping Sparrow

10/12 - 12pm-1pm
1 TV, 1 CH, 1 RT
11 Blue Jay

10/15 - 9am-4pm 
9 TV, 2 BE, 4 NH, 52 SS, 5 CH, 3 RS, 21 RT, 3 AK, 1 ML
32 Canada Goose, 1 Chimney Swift, 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 53 Blue Jay, 
4 Tree Swallow, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 18 American Robin, 3 YR Warbler, 
1 Palm Warbler, 1 White-throated Sparrow, 1 Red-winged Blackbird, 6 Common Grackle, 7 American Goldfinch

On 10/15, scores of unidentified accipiter (not counted) going in fast and low over east side of ridge, not visible from grassy field.  Still need help to watch the ridge line.



      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
10/10 2.5   0   3  2  1  0  13  3  0  7    1  6  0  0  2  0  0    38
10/12  1    0   1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0    0  1  0  0  0  0  0     3
10/15  7    0   9  0  2  4  52  5  0  3    0 21  0  0  3  1  0   100 
      59    6 110 44 26 21 256 32  0 34 4393 72  0  0 62  7  4  5067

If had time for full day each day since Aug, total raptors would be 17,000+ by now with roughly 15,000+ Broadwings and 2200 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
 110  Turkey Vulture
  44  Osprey
  26  Bald Eagle
  21  Northern Harrier
 256  Sharp-shinned Hawk
  32  Cooper's Hawk
  34  Red-shouldered Hawk
4393  Broad-winged Hawk
  72  Red-tailed Hawk
  62  American Kestrel
   7  Merlin
   4  Peregrine Falcon
5067
 

Non-raptors

 113  Canada Goose   
   3  Blue-winged Teal
  26  Double-crested Cormorant
   2  Great Blue Heron
  13  Ring-billed Gull  
 340  Chimney Swift   
   2  Red-bellied Woodpecker - migrating??, high flying SW
   3  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   
  12  Northern Flicker 
   1  Eastern Wood-Pewee
   1  Eastern Phoebe 
 683  Blue Jay   
   1  N. Rough-winged Swallow 
   2  Purple Martin
  25  Tree Swallow     
  12  Barn Swallow 
   2  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  53  American Robin   
   1  Gray Catbird
   2  Northern Mockingbird
   9  Cedar Waxwing 
   1  Chestnut-sided Warbler - on tree, then flew SW 
   6  Yellow-rumped Warbler   
   1  Palm Warbler
   2  Chipping Sparrow
   2  White-throated Sparrow   
   1  Scarlet Tanager
   5  Red-winged Blackbird   
   6  Common Grackle
   1  Baltimore Oriole
   7  American Goldfinch
1338


Total:  5067 raptors
        1338 non-raptors
        6405 migratory birds in 44 species



    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD