The dominant thrush flight call here in SE PA is still Veery. I have yet to
hear a Swainson's. This morning at South Lookout at Hawk Mt., I heard about
110 flight calls from 5:30-5:50 a.m. Veery calls were in the majority, but
there were also quite a few Scarlet Tanager calls (see non-raptor list below
for some ground truthing after daylight) and a lot in the thrushlike call
category. The canopy below North Lookout fairly seethed with tanager
movement from about 7 a.m. till about 9 a.m., the dominant direction as
usual being NE to SW along the Kittatinny Ridge. Virtually no thrushes seen
or heard after the dawn descent, of course. All Bobolink calls after
daylight.
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Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 7:08 PM
Subject: [BIRDHAWK] HSR: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (29 Aug 2012) 86 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 29, 2012
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 4 4
Turkey Vulture 2 8 8
Unknown Vulture 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Osprey 5 51 51
Bald Eagle 4 23 28
Northern Harrier 5 11 11
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 25 25
Cooper's Hawk 4 17 17
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 4 4
Broad-winged Hawk 33 230 232
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 7 26 31
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 1 1
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 13 51 52
Merlin 5 12 12
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Raptor 5 8 8
Total: 86 473 486
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Observation start time: 05:15:00
Observation end time: 16:45:00
Total observation time: 11.5 hours
Compiler: Laurie Goodrich
Counters: Arlene Koch, Laurie Goodrich, Rudy Keller
Weather:
Partly cloudy, NW 1-10. Winds died mid morning through mid afternoon then
picked up after 3 again
Raptor Observations:
Bald Eagles, adults 845, 1446, 1452, 1520
Non-raptor Observations:
131 scarlet tanagers, 29 hummingbirds, 12 spp of warblers, 2 YT vireo, 2
OS
flycatchers, 12 RB nuthatches, 74 barn swallow, 97 bobolink, etc. Rudy K
reported good number of veery flight calls predawn.
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Report submitted by Laurie Goodrich ([email protected])
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