I just wanted to let you know how the 2nd largest hawkwat Hey birders, I just wanted to let you know how the 2nd largest hawkwatch in Minnesota is doing this fall.
In the month of September we had 1,978 raptors pass over the campus of Bethany Lutheran College. That was our 2nd highest total ever for the month of September and much of it was due to the increase in volunteer hours, particularly Jim Amundson from Lake Crystal, MN. Yesterday we had 235 raptors on what has been a rare day this fall with northwesterly winds. Migration appears a little bit delayed because we still had 76 Broad-winged Hawks yesterday and we've only recorded 5 in the month of October since 2004. Red-tailed Hawk numbers are also behind average for this time of year. For more information about our totals and species seen, visit www.hawkcount.org/bethany. Happy birding! Chad Heins Mankato, MN "But ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?" --Job 12:7, 9 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
