Mid-afternoon yesterday, it became apparent that there was a substantial push of Broad-winged Hawks and other raptors. I had stepped outside and immediately observed two small kettles of swirling Broad-wings overhead. Unfortunately, I didn’t have much time to spend looking skyward.
Below is the tally from Derby Hill Hawk Watch on Lake Ontario’s southeast shoreline. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H Begin forwarded message: From: "repo...@hawkcount.org<mailto:repo...@hawkcount.org> [oneidabirds]" <oneidabirds-nore...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:oneidabirds-nore...@yahoogroups.com>> Subject: [OneidaBirds] Derby Hill Bird Observatory (28 Apr 2020) 8371 Raptors Date: April 28, 2020 at 9:35:11 PM EDT To: oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com> Reply-To: repo...@hawkcount.org<mailto:repo...@hawkcount.org> Derby Hill Bird Observatory Mexico, New York, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 28, 2020 Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 243 17272 28612 Osprey 27 145 161 Bald Eagle 35 181 385 Northern Harrier 21 234 314 Sharp-shinned Hawk 289 1544 1794 Cooper's Hawk 12 113 232 Northern Goshawk 0 3 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 9 119 634 Broad-winged Hawk 7680 9964 9964 Red-tailed Hawk 43 1033 2535 Rough-legged Hawk 0 15 62 Golden Eagle 0 4 34 American Kestrel 11 194 272 Merlin 1 22 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 13 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 8371 30848 45055 Observation start time: 05:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 12 hours Official Counter Karl Bardon Observers: Bill Purcell, Judy Thurber, Kevin McGann Weather: Mostly cloudy with light S-SE wind in the morning, then moderate N-NE wind in the afternoon Raptor Observations: A very enjoyable morning with large kettles of Broad-wings over the North Lookout in the morning, but a lake breeze kicked in after noon and the rest of the day was spent staring at very distant birds through the scope well inland from the South Lookout Non-raptor Observations: 140 Northern Flickers, 3 Pine Warblers, 4 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 8400 Red-winged Blackbirds, 125 Rusty Blackbirds, 2200 Common Grackles Predictions: Strong SE wind, mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of rain between 9 am and 1 pm, high of 61 degrees F, should be good migration ________________________________ Report submitted by Karl Bardon (<mailto:>) Derby Hill Bird Observatory information may be found at: http://onondagaaudubon.com/derby-hill-bird-observatory/ More information at hawkcount.org<http://hawkcount.org/>: [Site Profile<http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=358>] [Day Summary<http://hawkcount.org/day_summary.php?rsite=358&ryear=2020&rmonth=04&rday=28>] [Month Summary<http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=358&ryear=2020&rmonth=04>] Count data submitted via Dunkadoo - [Project Details]<https://dunkadoo.org/explore/derby-hill-bird-observatory/spring-hawk-count-2020> __,_._,___ -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes PO Box 488 8 Etna Lane Etna, NY 13062 607-351-5740 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
