{"id":5046,"date":"2015-10-10T20:03:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T00:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=5046"},"modified":"2015-10-10T20:03:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T00:03:58","slug":"mount-peter-hawkwatch-101015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=5046","title":{"rendered":"Mount Peter Hawkwatch, 10\/10\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"
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~A Black-throated Green Warbler at Mt. Peter Hawkwatch, 10\/10\/15~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I had a pretty good day today at Mount Peter, at least compared to how dead it has been up there for the last week or so (the weather just hasn’t been cooperating!). I had 46 migrating raptors, which was just enough to keep it interesting throughout the day. Raptor highlights included an immature Bald Eagle that flew over the valley heading southwest in the third hour of the watch, and the final bird of the day was an adult Peregrine Falcon that passed, very high, directly over the viewing platform. Sharp-shinned Hawks led the day with 28 being counted.<\/p>\n

One of the many things that I like about counting at the hawkwatch is that it is 8 hours of straight birding. You never know what you might get during that time. Right upon my arrival and pretty much throughout the day, I had a pair of Black-throated Green Warblers not very far from the platform. I also had several Yellow-rumped Warblers and a couple of Ruby-crowned Kinglets at different times, and Canada Geese were moving big time; I\u00a0counted over 1,300 for the day. Here’s my report:<\/p>\n

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Observation start time: 08:00:00
\nObservation end time: 16:00:00
\nTotal observation time: 8 hours
\nOfficial Counter Matt Zeitler
\nObservers: Ken Witkowski<\/p>\n

Visitors:
\nAmy Greher, Kate Blitz, Ruth Ross<\/p>\n

Weather:
\nSunny with some clouds in the morning, then sunny and clear. Temperatures ranged from 11 to 17 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n

Raptor Observations:
\nMigrating Raptors: One immature Bald Eagle, (1) immature Northern Harrier, (1) male Northern Harrier, (2) adult Red-shouldered Hawks, and (2) unknown American Kestrels. Non-migrating Raptors: One adult Bald Eagle flew north and One immature Bald Eagle headed east.<\/p>\n

Non-raptor Observations:
\nCanada Goose (1,305), American Goldfinch (8), Hairy Woodpecker (1), Cedar Waxwing (35), Tufted Titmouse (4), Black-capped Chickadee (5), Common Raven (4), Red-bellied Woodpecker (2), Pileated Woodpecker (1), Yellow-rumped Warbler (4), Black-throated Green Warbler (2), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2), Northern Cardinal (1), White-breasted Nuthatch (1), Blue Jay (9), American Crow (6).<\/p>\n

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~One day I will get a good Common Raven photo. Until then, I give you this; Common Raven at Mt. Peter Hawkwatch, 10\/10\/15.~<\/p>\n

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~These guys seem to be all over right now – Ruby-crowned Kinglet at Mt. Peter Hawkwatch,10\/10\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~I had to include at least one raptor shot – Turkey Vulture posing on the cell tower in front of the viewing platform at Mt. Peter Hawkwatch, 10\/10\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had a pretty good day today at Mount Peter, at least compared to how dead it has been up there for the last week or so (the weather just hasn’t been cooperating!). I had 46 migrating raptors, which was just enough to keep it interesting throughout the day. Raptor highlights included an immature Bald … Continue reading “Mount Peter Hawkwatch, 10\/10\/15”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-raptors"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-1jo","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5046"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5056,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5046\/revisions\/5056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}