{"id":6397,"date":"2016-10-08T19:54:25","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T23:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=6397"},"modified":"2016-10-08T21:20:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T01:20:38","slug":"mount-peter-hawkwatch-10816","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=6397","title":{"rendered":"Mount Peter Hawkwatch, 10\/8\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"
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~So this photo was NOT taken today. Local Red-tailed Hawk at Mount Peter Hawkwatch, 10\/7\/16.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I counted at Mount Peter Hawkwatch today, and it was a pretty good day. The rain held off and the heavy cloud cover kept the birds low. Actually, it was a really good morning with many birds flying very low and giving excellent looks, but then the afternoon was less productive. Kyle Dudgeon is\u00a0home from college for the weekend and he spent most of the day helping me out with his young eyes. We had two Sharp-shinned Hawks take a run at the owl, one of which flew right at Kyle’s head, turning off at the very last second. In the early afternoon Maria Loukeris and Heather Thoma stopped by and brought\u00a0the best songbirds of the day; we had a Blue-headed Vireo, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and a Golden-crowned Kinglet. To see more data on Mount Peter or any other hawkwatch, you can visit Hawkcount<\/a>.\u00a0Here’s my report for the day.<\/p>\n

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Observation start time: 08:00:00
\nObservation end time: 15:30:00
\nTotal observation time: 7.5 hours
\nOfficial Counter Matt Zeitler<\/p>\n

Visitors:
\nKyle Dudgeon, Maria Loukeris, and Heather Thoma.<\/p>\n

Weather:
\nVery cloudy with a very slight wind from the south. Temperatures ranged from 13 to 20 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n

Raptor Observations:
\nIt was a fun day at the watch with most birds flying quite low. Two Sharp-shinned Hawks and one Merlin took a pass at the owl, giving really great looks. One immature Northern Harrier and one unknown American Kestrel.<\/p>\n

Non-raptor Observations:
\nOther Species: Black-capped Chickadee (4), Tufted Titmouse (3), Blue Jay (65), Red-bellied Woodpecker (1), European Starling (14), American Crow (2), Common Raven (2), Eastern Bluebird (3), Cedar Waxwing (30), Northern Flicker (2), American Robin (72), White-breasted Nuthatch (1), Red-breasted Nuthatch (1), Red-winged Blackbird (18), American Goldfinch (16), Mourning Dove (3), Double-crested Cormorant (3), Eastern Phoebe (1), Pileated Woodpecker (1), Eastern Towhee (1), Blue-headed Vireo (1), Golden-crowned Kinglet (1), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1), and Monarch Butterfly (2).<\/p>\n

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~This was more typical of the lighting situation today; a Sharp-shinned Hawk goes for the owl at Mt. Peter Hawkwatch, 10\/8\/16.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~One of a couple of Mourning Doves that cruised right in front of the viewing platform at Mount Peter Hawkwatch, 10\/8\/16.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I counted at Mount Peter Hawkwatch today, and it was a pretty good day. The rain held off and the heavy cloud cover kept the birds low. Actually, it was a really good morning with many birds flying very low and giving excellent looks, but then the afternoon was less productive. Kyle Dudgeon is\u00a0home from … Continue reading “Mount Peter Hawkwatch, 10\/8\/16”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25,6,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-york-state","category-orangecounty","category-raptors"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-1Fb","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6397","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=6397"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6404,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6397\/revisions\/6404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}