Backyard Hawkwatch
Geoff Graff (ggraff@erols.com)
Fri, 18 Sep 1998 00:10:30 -0400
Backyard Hawkwatch - northeast Baltimore City - Fall 1998
-White Ave. between Belair Rd. and Walther Ave.
Another good day for Broadwings, mostly in the afternoon. Also
one of best day for Monarch Butterfly and my best record, a total of
5,883 Monarch counted since 9:00am and a total about 7200 since early
Sept.
Swainson's Hawk is now on the list. One of the guy sent email to me and
ask me if this hawk has a long tapered wings. Yes, this hawk has a long
tapered wings. This is a lifelist for me and a new record for my
hawkwatch.
Total for 9/17
Broad-winged Hawk - 1282
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 5
N. Harrier - 3
Cooper's Hawk - 2
Osprey - 2
Am. Kestrel - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Merlin - 1
Total for 1998 (Aug. 23-Sept. 17) 1997
Turkey Vulture - 11 362
Black Vulture - 1 13
Golden Eagle - 0 3
Bald Eagle - 8 9
N. Harrier - 12 25
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 15 106
Cooper's Hawk - 13 82
N. Goshawk - 0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 3 51
Broad-winged Hawk - 6061 best record* 4324
Red-tailed Hawk - 5 339
Rough-legged Hawk - 0 13
Osprey - 31 best record* 20
Am. Kestrel - 18 23
Merlin - 6 7
Peregrine Falcon - 1 2
Swainson's Hawk - 1 new record (9/16) n/a
Unidentified Raptors - 1 7
Total: 6187 new record* 5338
Kevin Graff
Baltimore, MD
ggraff@erols.com