At 1:50pm something flew along the bluffs - with only a brief view through the binoculars, it's the first time in my 10 years of watching falcons migrating that my very first thought was "Wow, that's not a Peregrine, it's way too big", and then it went out of view behind the trees. We'll leave it at that and see what shows up further down the hawk-watching pipeline.....if anything. The only notes that I can add are, wingbeats were powerful and lighting was not great.
Today:
Turkey Vulture - 3
Osprey - 2
Northern Harrier - 9
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 67
Cooper's Hawk - 3
American Kestrel - 23
Merlin - 8
Peregrine Falcon - 5
Unidentified Falcon - 3
Total - 123
To Date:
Turkey Vulture - 283
Osprey - 63
Bald Eagle - 70
Northern Harrier - 96
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 617
Cooper's Hawk - 27
Northern Goshawk - 0
Red-shouldered Hawk - 0
Broad-winged Hawk - 27
Red-tailed Hawk - 42
Rough-legged Hawk - 0
Golden Eagle - 1
American Kestrel - 259
Merlin - 52
Peregrine Falcon - 33
Unidentified Accipiter - 0
Unidentified Buteo - 6
Unidentified Eagle - 0
Unidentified Falcon - 8
Unidentified Raptor - 2
Total - 1586
local Cooper's Hawk (Theresa)
Northern Harrier (Theresa)
Other Birds:
Loon sp. - 2, Eastern Bluebird - 21, and Pine Siskin - 29
Pine Siskins (Theresa)
Insects:
Butterflies - Monarch - 66, Cabbage White - 7, and Red Admiral - 1
Dragonflies - still a few migrating
Orb Weaver spider (Theresa)
Hawkwatchers:
Theresa, Joe, Walter, Allison, Berle, Betty, Manfred, Jennifer, Liz, and Bruce & Ann Falls
Weather Prediction:
I'm going with Environment Canada's forecast for tomorrow - NW wind at 20kms, gusting to 40kms
See you at the fence!
Walter
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