Oct 21st - 219 Birds, 10 Species, 4 Eagles!

TODAY:
Turkey Vulture - 36
Bald Eagle - 4
Northern Harrier - 12
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 118
Cooper's Hawk - 2
Northern Goshawk - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 30
American Kestrel - 7
Merlin - 1
Unidentified Buteo - 4
Total - 219

EAGLE TIME (EDT):
10:36am - Bald Eagle - 1
11:35am - Bald Eagle - 1
11:39am - Bald Eagle - 1
12:30pm - Bald Eagle - 1

TO DATE:
Turkey Vulture - 916
Osprey - 64
Bald Eagle - 82
Northern Harrier - 152
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1423
Cooper's Hawk - 57
Northern Goshawk - 6
Red-shouldered Hawk - 26
Broad-winged Hawk - 28
Red-tailed Hawk - 150
Rough-legged Hawk - 0
Golden Eagle - 2
American Kestrel - 370
Merlin - 74
Peregrine Falcon - 40
Unidentified Accipiter - 2
Unidentified Buteo - 15
Unidentified Eagle - 1
Unidentified Falcon - 11
Unidentified Raptor - 2
Total - 3421

Red-tailed Hawk (Mike D)

Red-tailed Hawk (Mike D)

Bald Eagle (Mike D)

The following sequence of photos are of the same two birds -

a Red-shouldered Hawk and a Sharp-shinned Hawk

(Mike D)

(Mike D)

(Mike D)

(Mike D)

(Mike D)

(Mike D)

(Mike D)

(Lee)

(Lee)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Lee)

Northern Harrier (Lee)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Mike D)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Lee)

Red-tailed Hawk (Mike D)

Red-tailed Hawk (Lee)

Northern Goshawk (Mike D)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Mike D)

Red-tailed Hawk (Mike D) 

Cooper's Hawk (Lee)

Northern Goshawk (Lee)

Turkey Vulture (Lee)

OTHER BIRDS:
Highlights included - Red-necked Grebe, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Greater Yellowlegs, Bonaparte's Gull, Gull sp., Red-throated Loon, Loon sp. (101), Common Raven, Swallow sp., Eastern Bluebird, Purple Finch, White-winged Crossbill, Pine Siskin, Evening Grosbeak, Fox Sparrow, plus others!

INSECTS:
Butterflies - Monarch - 3

HAWKWATCHERS:
Phil, Walter, Mike D, Bruce M, Theresa, Kris, Brian, Lee, Dave, Arvo, Ron, Justin, Amanda, Freida, Norm, Irv, Mark, Allison, Winston, Paul, Eleanor, Sarah, Jack, Nolan, Berle, Lynn, Leslie & Mike, Betty, and many others!  Thankyou all for another beautiful day!

Red-throated Loon (Allison)

unidentified gull (Walter)

White-winged Crossbill (Theresa)

WEATHER PREDICTION:
Decent W and SW wind for tomorrow.  If you go, good luck and enjoy!

See you all again soon,
Walter

Oct 20th - 568 Birds, 11 Species, 3 Eagles!

TODAY:
Turkey Vulture - 397
Bald Eagle - 2
Northern Harrier - 10
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 79
Cooper's Hawk - 8
Northern Goshawk - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 5
Red-tailed Hawk - 44
American Kestrel - 15
Merlin - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 2
Unidentified Buteo - 2
Unidentified Eagle - 1
Total - 568

EAGLE TIME (EDT):
12:10pm - Bald Eagle - 1
01:50pm - Unidentified Eagle - 1
03:09pm - Bald Eagle - 1

TO DATE:
Turkey Vulture - 880
Osprey - 64
Bald Eagle - 78
Northern Harrier - 140
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1305
Cooper's Hawk - 55
Northern Goshawk - 4
Red-shouldered Hawk - 23
Broad-winged Hawk - 28
Red-tailed Hawk - 120
Rough-legged Hawk - 0
Golden Eagle - 2
American Kestrel - 363
Merlin - 73
Peregrine Falcon - 40
Unidentified Accipiter - 2
Unidentified Buteo - 11
Unidentified Eagle - 1
Unidentified Falcon - 11
Unidentified Raptor - 2
Total - 3202

adult Sharp-shinned Hawk (Lee)

Northern Harrier (Lee)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Lee)

Red-tailed Hawk (Lee)

Cooper's Hawk (Lee)

American Crow in hot pursuit of a Northern Goshawk (Lee)

 American Crow in hot pursuit of a Northern Goshawk (Lee)

same Goshawk passing overhead (Lee)

first Bald Eagle of the day (Lee)

Northern Goshawk #2 (Lee)

Northern Harrier (Lee)

Cooper's Hawk (Lee)

Copper's Hawk (Lee)
 

American Kestrel (Lee)

Red-shouldered Hawk (upper) and Red-tailed Hawk (Lee)

Cooper's Hawk (Lee)

Turkey Vulture (Lee)

Peregrine Falcon (Lee)

the 3:09pm Bald Eagle (Lee)

OTHER BIRDS:

unidentified shorebird (Lee)

INSECTS:
Butterflies - Monarch -  10, Cabbage White - 1
Dragonflies - a few still

Monarch (Lee)

HAWKWATCHERS:
NA  Thankyou to all those who came today to watch, photography, and count raptors

WEATHER PREDICTION:
With good NW wind blowing again tomorrow another big day is expected

See you there,
Walter

Oct 18th - 33 Birds, 9 Species, 4 Eagles!

Today:
Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 4
Northern Harrier - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 13
Red-shouldered Hawk - 4
Broad-winged Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 6
American Kestrel - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Unidentified Buteo - 1
Total - 33

Eagle Time (EDT):
10:29am - BE - 1
11:57am - BE - 1
01:30pm - BE - 1
01:35pm - BE - 1

To Date:
Turkey Vulture - 483
Osprey - 64
Bald Eagle - 76
Northern Harrier - 130
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1224
Cooper's Hawk - 47
Northern Goshawk - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 18
Broad-winged Hawk - 28
Red-tailed Hawk - 76
Rough-legged Hawk - 0
Golden Eagle - 2
American Kestrel - 348
Merlin - 72
Peregrine Falcon - 38
Unidentified Accipiter - 2
Unidentified Buteo - 9
Unidentified Eagle - 0
Unidentified Falcon - 11
Unidentified Raptor - 2
Total - 2632

Bald Eagle (Mike D)

Bald Eagle (Theresa)

Bald Eagle (Mike D)

Broad-winged Hawk (Ann)

Bald Eagle (Mike D)

Red-tailed Hawk (Ann)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Ann)

Red-tailed Hawk (Mike D)

Red-tailed Hawk (Mike D)

Other Birds:
Loon sp. - 2, Common Raven - 1, Greater Yellowlegs - 2,  and several unidentified shorebirds

Greater Yellowlegs (Ann)
 

 Orange-crowned Warbler (Theresa)

Brown Creeper (Ann)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Ann)

Hawkwatchers:
Theresa, Sheldon, Ron, Jennifer, Dave, Mike D, Berle, Allison, Ann, and others

Walter

Oct 17th - 374 Birds, 10 Species, 1 Eagle!

Today:
Turkey Vulture - 107
Northern Harrier - 11
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 204
Cooper's Hawk - 3
Red-shouldered Hawk - 10
Red-tailed Hawk - 5
Golden Eagle - 1
American Kestrel - 19
Merlin - 9
Peregrine Falcon - 3
Unidentified Accipiter - 1
Unidentified Buteo - 1
Total - 374

Eagle Time (EDT):
03:23pm - GE - 1 juv.

To Date:
Turkey Vulture - 482
Osprey - 64
Bald Eagle - 72
Northern Harrier - 129
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1211
Cooper's Hawk - 47
Northern Goshawk - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 14
Broad-winged Hawk - 27
Red-tailed Hawk - 70
Rough-legged Hawk - 0
Golden Eagle - 2
American Kestrel - 347
Merlin - 72
Peregrine Falcon - 37
Unidentified Accipiter - 2
Unidentified Buteo - 8
Unidentified Eagle - 0
Unidentified Falcon - 11
Unidentified Raptor - 2
Total - 2599

Northern Harrier (Ann)

 Turkey Vulture (Ann)

Merlin with lunch (Ann)

Turkey Vulture (Ann)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Arvo)

Peregrine Falcon (Ann)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Ann)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Ann)

Turkey Vulture (Ann)

  Turkey Vulture (Ann)

Other Birds:
Loon sp. - 6, Shorebird sp. - 2, Long-tailed Ducks - 2, and a Common Raven to name a few

Yellow-rumped Warbler 'Butter Butt' (Ann)

Insects:
Butterflies - Monarch - 6

Hawkwatchers:
Nolan, Theresa, Ron, Kris, Dave, Walter, Allison, Berle, Peter, Arvo, Carol, Brian, Betty, Bruce Ferry, Ann, Joyce, Jennifer, Bruce and Ann Falls, and one or two others.

Walter

Oct 15th - Additions

Oops, haven't checked my inbox for the blog in a while!  Thank you Sheldon for sending me your reports.

I've compared Sheldon's reports with the others forwarded to me and we now have a few more birds that we can add from back on September 15th...

Additions:
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 8
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Merlin - 1
Total - 12

To Date:
Turkey Vulture - 375
Osprey - 64
Bald Eagle - 72
Northern Harrier - 118
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1004
Cooper's Hawk - 44
Northern Goshawk - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 4
Broad-winged Hawk - 27
Red-tailed Hawk - 63
Rough-legged Hawk - 0
Golden Eagle - 1
American Kestrel - 326
Merlin - 63
Peregrine Falcon - 34
Unidentified Accipiter - 1
Unidentified Buteo - 7
Unidentified Eagle - 0
Unidentified Falcon - 11
Unidentified Raptor - 2
Total - 2218

Walter