Birders
Five people joined Mark Proescholdt at his Grammer Grove hawkwatch site today.
NNE winds brought us 291 birds over a 6-hour span (9AM-3PM).
Sharp-shinned Hawk 29
Cooper's Hawk 7
No. Harrier 2
Broad-winged Hawk 226
(roughly 1/2 of Mark's total
BWHA flight this season)
Red-tailed Hawk 9
Buteo sp. 2
Bald Eagle 9 (all adults)
Turkey Vulture 6
No falcons whatsoever.
Mark has had 1 Miss. Kite and 1 Swainson's Hawk to date.
Good numbers of Blue Jays and Flickers, a few nighthawks, and
~160 Am. White Pelicans. No Red-headed Woodpeckers today.
Mark conducts his counts on weekends and Wednesdays.
This is his 22nd year at this site.
Bill Scheible
Cedar Rapids
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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