October 21, 1999
Hello everyone, yesterday's quiz bird made an appearance today. Not a
great a look, but the hawk was seen by a second observer (volunteer
Mary
Dodson). I think all the broad-wingeds we saw yesterday were the last
stragglers on their way south and expect their numbers to drop off
fast.
Monarchs were very abundant today, some other sightings this morning
were
black-throated green warbler, yellow-rumped warbler, eastern phoebe,
and
a single ruby-throated hummingbird still hanging around the feeder.
One
note about yesterday's totals, there were 30 kestrels counted not 20.
Today's count:
Oct. 21.................................[season total]
16 Black Vulture............................[142]
84 Turkey Vulture..........................[668]
0 Osprey...........................................[48]
0 Swallow-tailed Kite.....................[52]
0 White-tailed Kite..........................[12]
0 Mississippi Kite.........................[2975]
0 Bald Eagle.....................................[2]
10 Northern Harrier........................[380]
16 Sharp-shinned Hawk.............[3710]
22 Cooper's Hawk........................[986]
0 Red-shouldered Hawk...............[26]
125 Broad-winged Hawk............[33,944]
6 Swainson's Hawk.......................[101]
0 White-tailed Hawk........................[1]
4 Red-tailed Hawk..........................[67]
0 Ferruginous Hawk.......................[2]
0 Golden Eagle................................[1]
0 Crested Caracara........................[2]
7 American Kestrel.......................[1802]
0 Merlin............................................[42]
0 Peregrine Falcon........................[84]
0 Unid. accipiter.............................[83]
0 Unid. buteo..................................[27]
0 Unid. falcon.................................[8]
0 Unid. raptor................................[100]
290 Total Hawks.............................[45,265]
Until tomorrow,
Kyle McCarty
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