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Counter: Ken Behrens
Red-throated Loon - 4
Common Loon - 16
Northern Gannet - 430
Great Cormorant - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 7004
Snow Goose - 12
Brant - 16
American Black Duck - 18
Northern Pintail - 20
Green-winged Teal - 6
Greater Scaup - 2
Lesser Scaup - 13
Common Eider - 3
Black Scoter - 5481
Surf Scoter - 8231
White-winged Scoter - 4
dark-winged scoter - 150
unidentified scoter - 860
Bufflehead - 10
Red-breasted Merganser - 9
Parasitic Jaeger - 3
Laughing Gull - 77
Ring-billed Gull - 7
Herring Gull - 38
Great Black-backed Gull - 35
Forster's Tern - 1441
Royal Tern - 12
Monarch - 19
Brown Pelican - 4
Aythya, sp. - 13
Common Tern - 2
MALL/ABDU Integrade - 1
Counter: Jessie Barry
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 35 35
Turkey Vulture 0 316 316
Osprey 10 900 1566
Bald Eagle 1 99 182
Northern Harrier 5 447 765
Sharp-shinned Hawk 40 5153 10138
Cooper's Hawk 6 1247 2030
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 42 43
Broad-winged Hawk 0 377 528
Red-tailed Hawk 2 71 144
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 6 1187 4519
Merlin 12 707 1268
Peregrine Falcon 11 1089 1282
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Unknown 0 0 1
Total: 95 11671 22819
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This past week showed the sharp decline in local monarch numbers expected for this time of year, as cold weather is coming. Monarch butterflies cannot survive long in cold weather, as their only adaptation for surviving the winter in North America is migrating away from it. We sometimes forget that Monarchs are, in reality, a tropical species with its closest kin found in the Caribbean.Counter: Ken Behrens
Red-throated Loon - 27
Common Loon - 80
Northern Gannet - 277
Great Cormorant - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 44
Brant - 21
Canada Goose - 1
American Wigeon - 25
American Black Duck - 23
Mallard - 1
Northern Pintail - 33
Green-winged Teal - 742
Ring-necked Duck - 11
Greater Scaup - 67
Common Eider - 2
Long-tailed Duck - 3
Black Scoter - 74998
Surf Scoter - 66587
White-winged Scoter - 22
unidentified scoter - 14455
Bufflehead - 19
Hooded Merganser - 16
Red-breasted Merganser - 54
Laughing Gull - 985
Ring-billed Gull - 30
Herring Gull - 34
Great Black-backed Gull - 58
Forster's Tern - 33
Royal Tern - 37
Blue-winged Teal - 1
Aythya, sp. - 5
American Oystercatcher - 3
Ruddy Duck - 2
Marbled Godwit - 1
Counter: Jessie Barry
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 35 35
Turkey Vulture 0 316 316
Osprey 3 890 1556
Bald Eagle 0 98 181
Northern Harrier 1 442 760
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 5113 10098
Cooper's Hawk 0 1241 2024
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 40 41
Broad-winged Hawk 0 377 528
Red-tailed Hawk 0 69 142
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 4 1181 4513
Merlin 6 695 1256
Peregrine Falcon 2 1078 1271
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Unknown 0 0 1
Total: 17 11576 22724
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Counter: Ken Behrens
Red-throated Loon - 13
Common Loon - 60
Northern Gannet - 282
Double-crested Cormorant - 1617
Wood Duck - 2
American Wigeon - 9
American Black Duck - 3
Mallard - 1
Northern Pintail - 1
Green-winged Teal - 95
Ring-necked Duck - 11
Greater Scaup - 15
Lesser Scaup - 57
Common Eider - 2
Long-tailed Duck - 1
Black Scoter - 13482
Surf Scoter - 24132
White-winged Scoter - 18
unidentified scoter - 398
Bufflehead - 6
Red-breasted Merganser - 2
Parasitic Jaeger - 1
Laughing Gull - 715
Ring-billed Gull - 7
Herring Gull - 11
Great Black-backed Gull - 63
Royal Tern - 15
Aythya, sp. - 9
American Oystercatcher - 39
Canvasback - 2
Counter: Chris Brown
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 35 35
Turkey Vulture 0 316 316
Osprey 0 887 1553
Bald Eagle 0 98 181
Northern Harrier 1 441 759
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 5112 10097
Cooper's Hawk 0 1241 2024
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 40 41
Broad-winged Hawk 0 377 528
Red-tailed Hawk 0 69 142
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 2 1177 4509
Merlin 2 689 1250
Peregrine Falcon 1 1076 1269
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Unknown 0 0 1
Total: 6 11559 22707
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Counter: Ken Behrens
Common Loon - 10
Northern Gannet - 561
Double-crested Cormorant - 4918
Great Blue Heron - 13
American Wigeon - 17
American Black Duck - 1
Northern Pintail - 65
Green-winged Teal - 32
Common Eider - 1
Black Scoter - 500
Surf Scoter - 371
White-winged Scoter - 5
Parasitic Jaeger - 2
Laughing Gull - 396
Ring-billed Gull - 7
Herring Gull - 11
Great Black-backed Gull - 44
Forster's Tern - 275
Royal Tern - 41
Monarch - 9
American Oystercatcher - 22
Counter: Chris Brown
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 35 35
Turkey Vulture 12 316 316
Osprey 4 887 1553
Bald Eagle 3 98 181
Northern Harrier 12 440 758
Sharp-shinned Hawk 28 5112 10097
Cooper's Hawk 16 1241 2024
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 40 41
Broad-winged Hawk 8 377 528
Red-tailed Hawk 1 69 142
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 5 1175 4507
Merlin 4 687 1248
Peregrine Falcon 12 1075 1268
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Unknown 0 0 1
Total: 105 11553 22701
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Counter: Ken Behrens
Common Loon - 4
Northern Gannet - 183
Great Cormorant - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 81
Northern Pintail - 18
Greater Scaup - 2
Lesser Scaup - 3
Black Scoter - 129
Surf Scoter - 32
Red-breasted Merganser - 1
Parasitic Jaeger - 3
Laughing Gull - 284
Great Black-backed Gull - 55
Forster's Tern - 625
Royal Tern - 296
Brown Pelican - 3
Caspian Tern - 1
Ruddy Duck - 9
American Golden-Plover - 21
Counter: Jessie Barry
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 35 35
Turkey Vulture 0 304 304
Osprey 2 883 1549
Bald Eagle 0 95 178
Northern Harrier 1 428 746
Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 5084 10069
Cooper's Hawk 4 1225 2008
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 40 41
Broad-winged Hawk 0 369 520
Red-tailed Hawk 0 68 141
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 1 1170 4502
Merlin 1 683 1244
Peregrine Falcon 2 1063 1256
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Unknown 0 0 1
Total: 24 11448 22596
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Counter: Sam Galick
Northern Flicker- 15
American Robin- 568
Yellow-rumped Warbler- 632
Total Birds: 1624
Counter: Ken Behrens
Common Loon - 11
Northern Gannet - 311
Double-crested Cormorant - 1587
Brant - 5
Wood Duck - 1
Northern Pintail - 2
Green-winged Teal - 4
Greater Scaup -2
Black Scoter - 574
Surf Scoter - 159
White-winged Scoter - 8
Red-breasted Merganser - 3
Parasitic Jaeger - 10
Laughing Gull - 497
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Herring Gull - 4
Great Black-backed Gull - 41
Forster's Tern - 455
Royal Tern - 199
Brown Pelican - 4
Common Tern - 1
Caspian Tern - 1
Ruddy Duck - 10
Killdeer - 1
Counter: Jessie Barry
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 35 35
Turkey Vulture 0 304 304
Osprey 3 881 1547
Bald Eagle 0 95 178
Northern Harrier 10 427 745
Sharp-shinned Hawk 94 5071 10056
Cooper's Hawk 28 1221 2004
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 40 41
Broad-winged Hawk 8 369 520
Red-tailed Hawk 1 68 141
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 11 1169 4501
Merlin 1 682 1243
Peregrine Falcon 2 1061 1254
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Unknown 0 0 1
Total: 160 11424 22572
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Counter: Sam Galick
Northern Flicker- 21
Red-breasted Nuthatch- 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet- 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet- 1
American Robin- 215
Yellow-rumped Warbler- 2615
Black and White Warbler- 1
Warbler sp.- 620
Purple Finch- 2
Total Birds: 3384
Counter: Chris Brown
Red-throated Loon - 3
Common Loon - 53
Northern Gannet - 324
Great Cormorant - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 5767
Great Blue Heron - 2
Brant - 27
Canada Goose - 14
Wood Duck - 12
Gadwall - 4
American Wigeon - 3
American Black Duck - 5
Mallard - 4
Northern Pintail - 15
Green-winged Teal - 80
Ring-necked Duck - 10
Greater Scaup -4
Lesser Scaup - 9
scaup, sp. - 9
Black Scoter - 331
Surf Scoter - 277
dark-winged scoter - 120
Red-breasted Merganser - 4
Parasitic Jaeger - 1
Laughing Gull - 4658
Bonaparte's Gull - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 29
Herring Gull - 57
Great Black-backed Gull - 28
Forster's Tern - 536
Royal Tern - 24
Brown Pelican - 9
dabbler, sp. - 18
Aythya, sp. - 10
American Oystercatcher - 19
Ruddy Duck - 4
Marbled Godwit - 18
Counter: Jessie Barry
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 3 35 35
Turkey Vulture 53 304 304
Osprey 27 878 1544
Bald Eagle 10 95 178
Northern Harrier 16 417 735
Sharp-shinned Hawk 426 4977 9962
Cooper's Hawk 104 1193 1976
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 16 38 39
Broad-winged Hawk 34 361 512
Red-tailed Hawk 9 67 140
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 12 1158 4490
Merlin 13 681 1242
Peregrine Falcon 11 1059 1252
Swainson's Hawk 1 1 1
Unknown 0 0 1
Total: 735 11264 22412
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Counter: Sam Galick
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker- 1
Northern Flicker- 72
Eastern Phoebe- 51
Eastern Kingbird- 1
Red-eyed Vireo- 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch- 76
Golden-crowned Kinglet- 13
Ruby-crowned Kinglet- 42
American Robin- 559
Northern Mockingbird- 1
Cedar Waxwing- 25
Tennessee Warbler- 2
Nashville Warbler- 1
Northern Parula- 4
Magnolia Warbler- 2
Cape May Warbler- 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler- 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler- 10,305
Black-throated Green Warbler- 3
Bay-breasted Warbler- 1
Blackpoll Warbler- 37
Black and White Warbler- 4
Warbler sp.- 1973
Scarlet Tanager- 1
Chipping Sparrow- 1422
Savannah Sparrow- 39
Dark-eyed Junco- 47
Dickcissel- 1
Bobolink- 1
Baltimore Oriole- 4
Purple Finch- 83
Pine Siskin- 11
Blue-headed Vireo- 8
White-breasted Nuthatch- 7
Western Kingbird- 3
Clay-colored Sparrow- 6
Total Birds: 14944
- Morning Flight 9-20-2008
- Hawk Watch Count 9-19-2008
- Monarch Monitoring Project - 9/19/08
- Morning Flight 9-19-2008
- Morning Flight 9-18-2008
- Hawk Watch Count 9-18-2008
- Hawk Watch Count 9-17-2008
- Morning Flight 9-17-2008
- Hawk Watch Count 9-16-2008
- Monarch Monitoring Project - 9/16/08
- 8/26/07 - 9/2/07
- 9/2/07 - 9/9/07
- 9/9/07 - 9/16/07
- 9/16/07 - 9/23/07
- 9/23/07 - 9/30/07
- 9/30/07 - 10/7/07
- 10/7/07 - 10/14/07
- 10/14/07 - 10/21/07
- 10/21/07 - 10/28/07
- 10/28/07 - 11/4/07
- 11/4/07 - 11/11/07
- 11/11/07 - 11/18/07
- 11/18/07 - 11/25/07
- 11/25/07 - 12/2/07
- 12/2/07 - 12/9/07
- 12/9/07 - 12/16/07
- 12/16/07 - 12/23/07
- 1/13/08 - 1/20/08
- 8/10/08 - 8/17/08
- 8/17/08 - 8/24/08
- 8/24/08 - 8/31/08
- 8/31/08 - 9/7/08
- 9/7/08 - 9/14/08
- 9/14/08 - 9/21/08