Backyard Hawkwatch
Geoff Graff (ggraff@erols.com)
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 22:58:12 -0400
Backyard Hawkwatch - northeast Baltimore City - Fall 1998
-White Ave. between Belair Rd. and Walther Ave.
A slow day in the morning with only 17 hawks, after 4:14pm,
3 kettles came in a minute apart for 3 minutes. An hour later (5:14pm),
a strong wind, about 15-18 knots blew in from the sw. I hope the kettle
of Broadwings took a rest before the strong wind blew across central
Maryland.
Total for 9/21
Broad-winged Hawk - 1006
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 4
Am. Kestrel - 3
Cooper's Hawk - 2
N. Harrier - 2
Osprey - 2
Turkey Vulture - 1
Total for 1998 (Aug. 23-Sept. 21) 1997
Turkey Vulture - 12 362
Black Vulture - 1 13
Golden Eagle - 0 3
Bald Eagle - 8 9
N. Harrier - 14 25
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 19 106
Cooper's Hawk - 15 82
N. Goshawk - 0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 3 51
Broad-winged Hawk - 7067 4324
Red-tailed Hawk - 5 339
Rough-legged Hawk - 0 13
Osprey - 33 20
Am. Kestrel - 21 23
Merlin - 6 7
Peregrine Falcon - 1 2
Swainson's Hawk - 1 (9/16) n/a
Unidentified Raptors - 1 7
Total: 7207 5338
Kevin Graff
Baltimore, MD
ggraff@erols.com