November 3, 1999
Hi all, we had excellent visibility today and so we were spotting
hawks
in the next county. Few birds came very close, another day on the
scope.
An unexpected peregrine falcon was seen out to the north, swooping a
couple of times at a passing harrier. The last time a peregrine was
counted was October 20. Another white-tailed kite today makes 6 in
the
past 11 days. Today's count:
Nov. 3....................................[season total]
13 Black Vulture
[271]
85 Turkey Vulture
.[1077]
0 Osprey
..[53]
0 Swallow-tailed Kite
..[52]
0 White-tailed Kite
..[18]
0 Mississippi Kite
[2975]
0 Bald Eagle
[2]
18 Northern Harrier
..[505]
7 Sharp-shinned Hawk
..[3861]
14 Cooper's Hawk
[1148]
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
[32]
11 Broad-winged Hawk
[34,222]
0 Swainson's Hawk
[124]
0 White-tailed Hawk
..[1]
11 Red-tailed Hawk
.[171]
0 Ferruginous Hawk
..[2]
0 Rough-legged Hawk
..[1]
0 Golden Eagle
..[1]
0 Crested Caracara
[2]
0 American Kestrel
.[1926]
0 Merlin
[46]
1 Peregrine Falcon
[85]
4 Unid. accipiter
.[105]
1 Unid. buteo
.[31]
0 Unid. falcon
.[9]
1 Unid. raptor
[114]
168 Total Hawks
.[46,834]
Until tomorrow,
Kyle McCarty
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