Backyard Hawkwatch
Geoff Graff (ggraff@erols.com)
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 20:13:37 -0400
Backyard Hawkwatch - northeast Baltimore City - Fall 1998
-White Ave. between Belair Rd. and Walther Ave.
Hot and hazy weather brought only a handful of hawks. Mixed wind
from south and northwest-north with light breeze. Also a Double-crested
Cormorant moving south at 9:57am.
Total for 9/14
Broad-winged Hawk - 44
Osprey - 6
N. Harrier - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Unidentified Raptor - 1 (It was either Sharp-shinned or Cooper's but
lost it in the heavy cloud from the south.
Total for 1998 (Aug. 23-Sept. 14) 1997
Turkey Vulture - 10 362
Black Vulture - 0 13
Golden Eagle - 0 3
Bald Eagle - 8 9
N. Harrier - 3 25
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 10 106
Cooper's Hawk - 11 82
N. Goshawk - 0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2 51
Broad-winged Hawk - 3885 4324
Red-tailed Hawk - 4 339
Rough-legged Hawk - 0 13
Osprey - 28 20
Am. Kestrel - 13 23
Merlin - 4 7
Peregrine Falcon - 1 2
Unidentified Raptors - 1 7
Total: 3980 5338
Kevin Graff
Baltimore, MD
ggraff@erols.com