Re:[cayugabirds-l] Broad-winged Hawks at Mount Pleasant Now!

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Here’s a summary of yesterday’s excellent peak Broad-winged Hawk migration day 
at Mount Pleasant (including some poor quality photos, using an old camera). I 
know hundreds of BWHAs were missed—that’s just inevitable with so much open 
blue sky to cover, and with the migrants all scraping the top of the sky.


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eBird Checklist - 21 Apr 2023 - Mount Pleasant - 24 
species
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Mount Pleasant
Apr 21, 2023
09:45
Traveling
7.44 miles
396 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Superb Hawk migration day, likely the peak day for Broad-winged 
Hawks. Migration started out relatively low, with several sizable boils of 
BWHAs, peaking at about 85 in one boil. As the day progressed, the birds 
quickly gained significant altitude and became tiny specks against the clouds 
and clear skies. This continued until around 4 PM when I stopped counting, and 
the birds were still extremely high up against the clouds as tiny specks only 
visible with binoculars. Had to stop counting a few times, once for a quick run 
home and a few times to talk with visitors.
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1 Killdeer
6 Common Loon
21 Turkey Vulture
2 Osprey
2 Northern Harrier
6 Sharp-shinned Hawk
316 Broad-winged Hawk -- Excellent inland Broad-winged Hawk migration today, 
likely the peak day throughout upstate NY. See general checklist comments.
3 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker -- Drumming
1 Pileated Woodpecker -- Drumming
2 Northern Flicker
1 American Kestrel
9 Blue Jay -- Migrating flocks
3 American Crow
3 Common Raven
4 Horned Lark -- Flight displays
2 Barn Swallow
2 Brown Thrasher
2 Eastern Bluebird
4 American Goldfinch
2 Savannah Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
1 Eastern Meadowlark
1 Common Grackle

Number of Taxa: 24

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Sent from my iPhone



On Apr 21, 2023, at 11:47, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes  
wrote:

We’ve had an excellent migration of Broad-winged Hawks at Mount Pleasant today 
(at the Hartung-Boothroyd Observatory). Sizable kettles have come over, with 
peak of 85 birds in one kettle already. More on the way!!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Sent from my iPhone



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[cayugabirds-l] Broad-winged Hawks at Mount Pleasant Now!

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

We’ve had an excellent migration of Broad-winged Hawks at Mount Pleasant today 
(at the Hartung-Boothroyd Observatory). Sizable kettles have come over, with 
peak of 85 birds in one kettle already. More on the way!!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H 

Sent from my iPhone



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