Saturday 11/01/14

This morning before heading over to Mount Peter for the Hawk Watch, I stopped in Warwick to look for the Cattle Egret but could not locate it. I figured that the bird had certainly moved on. I continued to Mt. Pete, and just as I started to unpack my gear I got a call from Karen Miller, who had relocated the bird. I whizzed down and joined Karen, but the bird flew before I had my camera ready, so once again I only got flight shots of the bird. Karen, on the other hand, got some fabulous shots of the bird perched. Huge thanks to Karen for the heads up, and for the photos that she emailed to me for this post:

I headed back up the mountain and counted hawks. It was cold, gray, and I did just alright with migrating raptors, with 63 for the day. Thanks to PJ Singh and Maria Loukeris for their visits, which really helped on a day like today. Here is my report for the day:

Mount Peter
Warwick, New York, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2014
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Species           Day’s Count  /  Month Total  /  Season Total
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Black Vulture            5                     5                     134
Turkey Vulture         24                   24                     361
Osprey                     0                     0                     110
Bald Eagle                0                    0                        68
Northern Harrier        1                    1                       37
Sharp-shinned Hk     3                    3                    1079
Cooper’s Hawk        0                     0                        99
Northern Goshawk   0                     0                          0
Red-shouldered Hk  6                     6                         78
Broad-winged Hk     0                     0                     5685
Red-tailed Hawk     19                   19                      229
Rough-legged Hawk 0                     0                           0
Golden Eagle            0                     0                           3
American Kestrel       0                     0                      134
Merlin                        0                     0                        22
Peregrine Falcon       0                      0                       11

Total:                        63                   63                     8110

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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 15:45:00
Total observation time: 6.75 hours

Official Counter: Matt Zeitler

Observers:

Visitors:
PJ Singh, Maria Loukeris
Weather:
Cloudy and cool with the temperature hovering right around 5 degrees
Celsius all day. Winds were over 10 km/hr for the duration of the watch.
Rain caused the watch to start one hour late and end fifteen minutes early.
Raptor Observations:
Four unknown Red-shouldered Hawks, one adult Red-shouldered Hawk, one
immature Red-shouldered Hawk, and one unknown Northern Harrier. The heavy
cloud cover and low light made it challenging to locate and identify
migrating raptors.

Non-raptor Observations:
Other Species: Canada Goose (507), Downy Woodpecker (1), Black-capped
Chickadee (6), Tufted Titmouse (4), American Crow (32), White-breasted
Nuthatch (1), Red-bellied Woodpecker (1), Pileated Woodpecker (1),
White-throated Sparrow (1), Common Raven (2), Pine Siskin (22),
Double-crested Cormorant (1), Snow Goose (1)