Greetings all, I thought perhaps the day before a cold front with strong south winds would concentrate some hawks along the Loess Hills ridgeline.
Turkey Vulture-11 Northern Harrier-2 Sharp-shinned Hawk-3 Cooper's Hawk-5 Redtailed Hawk-117 (one harlan's) American Kestrel-2 Unidentifed raptors-4 Total-144 Start time 2:30 pm-end time 5:30 pm The first hour, I didn't figure out where they were. Sky was partly sunny. Saw only 24. Second hour, started clouding up. Found them high over head. Mostly just specks with binoculars. Saw-58 Final hour, totally overcast. Much easier to see and late in the hour, started coming lower. Largest group-13. About 6 groups of 4-6.Total for the hour-62. They were still flying when I left. Also seen 3 flocks of Killdeer totaling 44 Jer Toll 2741 Wyoming St Omaha NE 68112 402.312.1635 [email protected] --- Please contribute your sightings to our list; it is only as good as members make it! --- Birding channel recommendation for FRS/GMRS radio use: Primary selection; channel 5/0 , alternate selection; channel 6/0 --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/membership.asp. ----- You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected]
