Westskyline Hawkwatch, Duluth, MN. The hawk flight this week has been up and down in terms of movement, mainly=20 do to the weather and we still appear early for the big push of adult=20 Broad-wings which should happen within the next week, weather providing. Fli= ghts of=20 note this week include: 407, 1402, 1046 on 4/22, 24 and 28th.
Notable counts/sightings this week include the following: 82 Turkey Vulture=20 on the 24th, with numbers dropping fast, as well as 2 Gloden Eagle and 1019=20 Broad-wings. 26 Rough-leg on the 22nd. 48 Ospreys on the 28 along with 385=20 Sharp-shins and both record daily flights of 40 Kestrel and 7 Merlin. =20 Non-raptors sighting includes: 10 Bohemian Waxwings on the 23th. =20 Sandhill Cranes, White Pelican and Common Loons are being seen most day now,= =20 including a good flight of 97 White Pelican on the 22th. Double=20 crested Cormorant numbers have been building with a good count of 1000+ on=20 the 28th along with a good push of 56 Common Loons. 5 Bonaparte's Gulls were= =20 seen on the 27Ave west mud flats on the 23rd. The Westskyline Hawk Count is being partly funded by Minnesota=20 Ornithologists' Union and Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve/Duluth Audubon Society =20 Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in the hawkwatch and=20 need any information. For daily summary see =E2=80=9CHAWKCOUNT.ORG=E2=80=9D=20= and look up the=20 Westskyline Hawk Count. =20 February 23-April 28 YTD Total =20 Turkey Vulture-1428 =20 Osprey-141 =20 Bald Eagle-3353 =20 Northern Harrier-61 =20 Sharp-shinned Hawk-1675 =20 Cooper's Hawk-24 =20 Northern Goshawk-19 =20 Red-shouldered Hawk-4 =20 Broad-winged Hawk-2444 =20 Red-tailed Hawk-6773 =20 Swainson's Hawk-2 =20 =20 Rough-legged Hawk-359 =20 Golden Eagle-125 =20 Am. Kestrel-91 =20 Merlin-19 =20 Peregrine-3 =20 TOTAL-16,521 =20 Submitted by: Frank Nicoletti and Dave Carman Duluth, Minnesota Hawk Watch Site: West Skyline Hawk Count Location: West Skyline Parkway, Duluth, Minnesota 55804 GPS: Lat. N 46=E2=88=9E50'48.0" and Long. W 92=E2=88=9E01'53.5" Coverage: Late Feb - Late May _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list [email protected] http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
