from:
Tim Mccarthy via Ontbirds
Here's a round-up of the High Park Raptorwatch from Sept 1 to Nov.30, 2014.
Pretty good results from a wonderful season. I'd like to thank the more than 30
regular participants who helped with the watch and the dozens more whom
curiosity compelled to stand for a while to look and listen. I'll be there next
year and I hope you all will be too. Except, that is, for the few who were
between jobs. The wheels of commerce need to keep turning. Meanwhile to ease
the withdrawal you can come out to the Christmas Bird Count this Sunday. And
when those cold Polar winds rattle your windows get out the good old Hawk id
books and bone up. I've got a few ideas about Broadwings for next year and if
they turn into a plan I'll be calling on you to help.
We put in 300 hours of watching compared with 233 hours last year, that's up
23% and we saw:
Species 2013
2014 % change
Turkey Vulture 2,921
5,237 +79%
Osprey 110
20 -81%
Bald Eagle 47
75 +37%
Northern Harrier 33
50 +34%
Sharpshin 1,440
1,629 +11%
Coopers 55
122 +101%
Northern Goshawk 3
16 +208%
Red Shouldered 9
147 +90%
Broadwinged 1,816
3,759 +50%
Red Tails 701
1348 +46%
Roughlegs 7
12
Golden Eagle 11
8
Am. Kestrel 256
151
Merlin 25
20
Peregrine 15
14
Total 7558
11411 +66%
I stood shivering on the Hill one morning in late November and I started on a
line of negative thinking like What good is this? What am I doing this for?
Robbie the Resident Redtail landed in the big oak tree over my head and I'll
swear I heard him say
You're doing it for my People
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Tim
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