{"id":6491,"date":"2016-11-12T19:03:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T00:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=6491"},"modified":"2016-11-12T19:03:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T00:03:15","slug":"mt-peter-hawkwatch-111216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=6491","title":{"rendered":"Mt. Peter Hawkwatch, 11\/12\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"
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~I was trying to remember taking this photo, I’m pretty sure this is a local Red-tailed Hawk rather than one of the 19 migrants we had at Mt. Peter Hawkwatch today, 11\/12\/16.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, sadly today was my final day as official counter at Mt. Peter Hawkwatch for the 2016 season. It was a gorgeous day to be on the mountain; sunny and cold with a moderate northwest wind. Judy Cinquina joined me for most of the day, and although the conversation was more plentiful\u00a0than migrating raptors, we still had a\u00a0pretty good flight,\u00a0with 31 \u00a0birds\u00a0which\u00a0included a pretty good variety. Highlights for me included good looks at two adult Bald Eagles, two adult Red-shouldered Hawks, and a brief look at a bird that always seems to be on a mission – a Merlin. Photos were tough to come by, even the\u00a0vultures and passerines seemed to keep their distance today.<\/p>\n

It was another excellent season for me at Mt. Pete; I had decent flights every Saturday except the two where I was rained out. And, I feel like I continued to learn and improve my hawk watching skills. It’s sad to think it’s another 10 1\/2 months until I’ll be at it again. I should mention that you still have a few days to go to the watch – official counters will continue to be there\u00a0until Tuesday November\u00a015th.<\/p>\n

Here’s my report for the day:<\/p>\n

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\nOfficial Counter: Matt Zeitler
\nObservers: B.A. McGrath, Judith C. Cinquina<\/p>\n

Visitors:\u00a0Paul Skonberg<\/p>\n

Weather:
\nSunny with very few clouds and a moderate northwest wind. Temperatures ranged from 0 to 8 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n

Raptor Observations:
\nTwo adult Bald Eagles and 2 adult Red-shouldered hawks.<\/p>\n

Non-raptor Observations:
\nNon-raptor Species: European Starling (22), American Robin (24), Canada Goose (15), American Crow (18), Black-capped Chickadee (7), Tufted Titmouse (4), Ring-billed Gull (8), Herring Gull (1), Common Raven (2), Blue Jay (21), Cedar Waxwing (3), Dark-eyed Junco (2), White-breasted Nuthatch (2).<\/p>\n

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~This bird was MUCH better in person. An adult Red-shouldered Hawk migrates directly over the viewing platform at Mt. Peter Hawkwatch, 11\/12\/16.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, sadly today was my final day as official counter at Mt. Peter Hawkwatch for the 2016 season. It was a gorgeous day to be on the mountain; sunny and cold with a moderate northwest wind. Judy Cinquina joined me for most of the day, and although the conversation was more plentiful\u00a0than migrating raptors, we … Continue reading “Mt. Peter Hawkwatch, 11\/12\/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_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":[25,6,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6491","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-1GH","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491","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=6491"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6497,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491\/revisions\/6497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}