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Oct 4th - 1255 Birds, 13/15 Species, and 16 Eagles!

October 4th:
Turkey Vulture - 1128
Osprey - 3
Bald Eagle - 15
Northern Harrier - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 60
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Broad-winged Hawk - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 29
Golden Eagle - 1
American Kestrel - 4
Merlin - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 2
Unidentified Buteo - 3
Unidentified Falcon - 1
Unidentified Raptor - 2
Total - 1255

Eagle Time (EDT):
09:39am - GE
09:46am - BE
10:34am - BE
11:35am - BE
12:40pm - BE
12:56pm - BE
01:10pm - BE
01:35pm - BE
02:35pm - BE x2
03:02pm - BE
03:07pm - BE
03:15pm - BE x2
03:21pm - BE
04:11pm - BE

Photos:





Cooper's Hawk (local) and Northern Harrier (Mike)

Turkey Vulture (Lee)

Red-tailed Hawk (Ann)

 Golden Eagle (Mike)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Mike)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Mike)

Turkey Vultures (Ann)

Bald Eagle (Lee)

Bald Eagle (Mike)

Turkey Vulture (Mike)

 Bald Eagle (Mike)

Red-tailed Hawk (Mike)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Mike)

'Sharpie' (Mike)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Mike)

Osprey (Mike)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Mike)

Red-tailed Hawk (Mike)

'Sharpie' (Ann)

Red-tailed Hawk (Lee)

Turkey Vulture (Lee)

To Date:
Turkey Vulture - 1181
Osprey -36
Bald Eagle - 61
Northern Harrier -50
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 412
Cooper's Hawk - 6
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Broad-winged Hawk - 67
Red-tailed Hawk - 44
Golden Eagle - 1
American Kestrel - 152
Merlin - 16
Peregrine Falcon - 4
Unidentified Buteo - 16
Unidentified Falcon - 5
Unidentified Raptor - 8
Total - 2060

Other Birds:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Cackling Goose, Loon sp., Great Blue Heron, Common Raven, White-throated Sparrow, Blue Jays, Canada Goose, Double-crested Cormorant and many many more.

Blue Jay (Lee)

Insects:
Midges - Billions!
Butterflies - Monarch, Painted Lady, Mourning Cloak and Cabbage White.
Dragonflies - Green Darner, Black Saddlebags.

Midges (Lee)

 Monarch (Lee)

Hawkwatchers:
Noam, Walter, Brian, Theresa, Ella, Mike, Kris, Connor, Patty, Phil, Dan, Murray and many folks from his Meetup group, Allison, Arvo, Betty, Ann, Naish, Dave, Glen, Ron, Jennifer, Lee, Terry, and many more.  Thank you everyone for an amazing day of hawk watching!  The sky was difficult when it was totally overcast and when it was totally blue.  Your skills at spotting, photographing and identifying are second to none!  Only by photo were we able to possitively identify several great birds today including the Golden Eagle, the Red-shouldered Hawk, the Broad-wings and a few others.

Weather Prediction:
A day filled with E wind.

See you again soon,
Walter

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