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

Sep 29th & Sep 30th - 14 Birds, 3 Eagles!

September 30th:
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 3
American Kestrel - 1
Total - 4

To Date:
Turkey Vulture - 53
Osprey - 33
Bald Eagle - 46
Northern Harrier - 49
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 348
Cooper's Hawk - 5
Broad-winged Hawk - 64
Red-tailed Hawk - 15
American Kestrel - 146
Merlin - 15
Peregrine Falcon - 2
Unidentified Buteo - 13
Unidentified Falcon - 4
Unidentified Raptor - 6
Total - 799

Other Birds:
Cooper's Hawk (local), Red-tailed Hawk (local)

Insects:
Monarch - 4

Hawkwatchers:
Hugh, Ann.  Thankyou!




September 29th:
Bald Eagle - 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 4
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Merlin - 2
Total - 10

Merlin (Lee)

Merlin (Lee)

Bald Eagle (Lee)

Bald Eagle (Lee)

Cooper's Hawk (Lee)

Bald Eagle (Lee)

Eagle Time EDT:
11:50am - BE x2
12:33pm - BE

Other Birds:
Turkey Vulture (local), Red-tailed Hawk (local)

Turkey Vulture (Lee)

Red-tailed Hawk (Lee)

Hawkwatcher:
Lee

Walter

Sep 28th - Only 18 Birds!

Quite abit slower than expected after the rain.  We only had 18 birds over 4 hours of hawk-watching this afternoon.

September 18th:
Osprey - 1
Northern Harrier - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 12
American Kestrel - 3
Total - 18

Northern Harrier (Lee)

Northern Harrier (Lee)

 Sharp-shinned Hawk (Lee)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Lee)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Lee)

American Kestrel (Lee)

Osprey (Lee)

Other Birds:
Merlin (local), Common Loon, Great Blue Heron and a late Chimney Swift.  The park was fairly quiet.

Great Blue Heron (Lee)

Insects:
Monarchs - 150 (estimated)

Hawkwatchers:
Walter, Lee and Connor

MS Hamburg (Walter)

Weather Prediction:
Sunday starts off with NE wind but quickly switches to E wind for the remainder of the day.

See you at the park,
Walter

Sep 27th - 15 Birds and a Link.

September 27th:
Northern Harrier - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 11
Cooper's Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 2
Total - 15

Hawkwatchers:
Bruce Lee and Ann.  Thankyou.


On Septermber 24th we were happy to introduce TV and media personality Kevin Frankish to our hawk watch and the birds that we see each fall.  For those of you that missed it, Kevin was actively learning and filming (with his cell phone) everything he could.  Shortly after arriving the bird that he came to see just so happened to come along, a Bald Eagle.  Unfortunately it wasn't one of those jaw-dropping eye-level flybys.....it was high up...high high up...but he did see it.  The visit with Kevin was alot of fun and included a group photo that was part of the post for that day.  Kevin had explained to us that he was going to use the videos that he was collecting on his phone for a small project that he was working on.  He just finished the project today and has kindly allowed me to share it with everyone.  It really captures the hawk-watching experience at Rosetta nicely and conveys a very important message.  Thankyou Kevin, please visit us again when you can.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDh2ZAPNM4s


Weather Prediction:
Watch tomorrow afternoon after the rain as the wind shifts to N and NW.  It should bring some birds along.....maybe.

See you at the park,
Walter

Sep 26th & Sep 9th - Today's Report plus a Missing Report.

September 26th:
Turkey Vulture - 2
Osprey - 1
Northern Harrier - 10
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 43
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Broad-winged Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 27
Merlin - 3
Unidentified Buteo - 1
Total - 90

Photos:

Sharp-shinned Hawks (Lee)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Lee)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Lee)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Lee)

Broad-winged Hawk (Lee)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Lee)

Northern Harrier (Lee)

To Date:
Turkey Vulture - 53
Osprey - 32
Bald Eagle - 43
Northern Harrier - 47
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 329
Cooper's Hawk - 4
Broad-winged Hawk - 64
Red-tailed Hawk - 15
American Kestrel - 142
Merlin - 13
Peregrine Falcon - 2
Unidentified Buteo - 13
Unidentified Falcon - 4
Unidentified Raptor - 6
Total - 767

Hawkwatchers:
Mark, Kris, Andrew, Betty, Lee and Dave.  Thankyou everyone!



And this report was added in to the count...

September 9th:
Osprey - 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
American Kestrel - 1
Total - 6

Hawkwatcher:
Dave

See you at the park,
Walter