tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13931888792995798922008-11-19T18:05:25.442-05:00Laura Guerardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547832048886058658noreply@blogger.comBlogger483125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-56568480807706330342008-11-19T17:59:00.002-05:002008-11-19T18:05:25.454-05:00Counter: Dan Berard<div><br /></div><div>Snow Goose - 16</div><div>Brant - 4</div><div>American Wigeon - 1</div><div>American Black Duck - 2</div><div>Green-winged Teal - 21</div><div>Greater Scaup - 11</div><div>Surf Scoter - 251</div><div>White-winged Scoter - 1</div><div>Black Scoter - 35</div><div>dark-winged scoter - 480</div><div>Long-tailed Duck - 3</div><div>Red-breasted Merganser - 23</div><div>Red-throated Loon - 1,585</div><div>Common Loon - 281</div><div>Northern Gannet - 281</div><div>Double-crested Cormorant - 125</div><div>Laughing Gull - 4</div><div>Ring-billed Gull - 71</div><div>Herring Gull - 135</div><div>Great Black-backed Gull - 8</div><div><br /></div><div>Total - 3,117</div>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03861643566144184540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-41130184822568308392008-11-19T17:18:00.002-05:002008-11-19T17:39:59.365-05:00Official Observer: Seth Cutright<br /><br /><br /><pre><b><b>Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total<br />------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------<br />Black Vulture 0 52 116<br />Turkey Vulture 33 372 818<br />Osprey 0 21 1010<br />Bald Eagle 0 34 283<br />Northern Harrier 5 67 598<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 490 10909<br />Cooper's Hawk 1 234 4401<br />Northern Goshawk 0 3 5<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 5 119 183<br />Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 528<br />Red-tailed Hawk 42 321 580<br />Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1<br />Golden Eagle 0 16 24<br />American Kestrel 0 28 3020<br />Merlin 0 9 1263<br />Peregrine Falcon 1 9 1409<br />Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0<br />Unknown Buteo 0 0 0<br />Unknown Falcon 0 0 0<br />Unknown Eagle 0 0 0<br />Unknown Raptor 0 0 1<br />Mississippi Kite 0 0 2<br />Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1<br />Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3<br /><br />Total: 91 1777 25155</b></b></pre><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Non-raptor Observations:</span><br /><pre><b><b>A Belted Kingfisher was around in the background area of the hawk watch.<br />Also a late Wilson's Snip was a fly by. Many sparrows were around and a<br />good number or species. Song, Fox, White-throated, Chipping, and Dark-eyed<br />Junco. Over 2,000 Northern Gannets went by and were feeding in close to<br />the shore. A few flocks of Snow Geese went over for a total of 56.</b></b></pre>Seth Cutrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14451343145869496393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-71315993990570316582008-11-18T20:40:00.000-05:002008-11-19T17:42:13.135-05:00Counter: Sean Fitzgerald<br /><br />Brant - 82<br />Canada Goose - 31<br />Tundra Swan - 10<br />Wood Duck - 3<br />American Wigeon - 21<br />American Black Duck - 46<br />Mallard - 10<br />Northern Pintail - 9<br />Green-winged Teal - 97<br />dabbler sp. - 123<br />Greater Scaup - 6<br />Lesser Scaup - 11<br />aythya sp. - 57<br />Common Eider - 5<br />Surf Scoter - 2,537<br />White-winged Scoter - 19<br />Black Scoter - 2,272<br />dark-winged scoter - 7,061<br />Long-tailed Duck - 53<br />Bufflehead - 102<br />Hooded Merganser - 9<br />Red-breasted Merganser - 28<br />Red-throated Loon - 2,534<br />Common Loon - 9<br />Horned Grebe - 1<br />Northern Gannet - 5,673<br />Double-crested Cormorant - 1,456<br />Great Cormorant - 3<br />Great Blue Heron - 1<br />Great Egret - 13<br />Laughing Gull - 90<br />Ring-billed Gull - 1,792<br />Herring Gull - 151<br />Great Black-backed Gull - 34<br />Forster's Tern - 13<br />Royal Tern - 11<br />Black Skimmer - 49<br />Razorbill - 1<br />American Oystercatcher - 5<br /><br />Total: 24,428<br /><br />Other birds of note at Seawatch: Snow Bunting (5), Lapland Longspur (1)<br />And at Townsend's Inlet: Marbled Godwit (8), and Black-headed Gull (1)Sean Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14457249500616280424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-80443790302696395632008-11-18T18:25:00.002-05:002008-11-18T18:36:40.189-05:00Official Observer: Dan Berard<br /><br /><br /><pre><b><b>Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total<br />------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------<br />Black Vulture 0 52 116<br />Turkey Vulture 0 339 785<br />Osprey 0 21 1010<br />Bald Eagle 0 34 283<br />Northern Harrier 6 62 593<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 486 10905<br />Cooper's Hawk 0 233 4400<br />Northern Goshawk 0 3 5<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 0 114 178<br />Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 528<br />Red-tailed Hawk 0 279 538<br />Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1<br />Golden Eagle 0 16 24<br />American Kestrel 0 28 3020<br />Merlin 0 9 1263<br />Peregrine Falcon 0 8 1408<br />Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0<br />Unknown Buteo 0 0 0<br />Unknown Falcon 0 0 0<br />Unknown Eagle 0 0 0<br />Unknown Raptor 0 0 1<br />Mississippi Kite 0 0 2<br />Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1<br />Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3<br /><br />Total: 6 1686 25064</b></b></pre><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Non-raptor Observations:</span><br /><pre><b><b>A Blue-winged Teal was around. Also many Finches went over and a Snow<br />Goose. Many sparrows were around. Also a few Cave Swallows went over too.</b></b></pre>Seth Cutrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14451343145869496393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-91700674933404403592008-11-17T19:47:00.003-05:002008-11-17T20:35:22.793-05:00Counter: Sean Fitzgerald<br /><br />Canada Goose - 2<br />Tundra Swan - 39<br />Wood Duck - 44<br />Gadwall - 3<br />American Black Duck - 33<br />Mallard - 18<br />Northern Shoveler - 5<br />Northern Pintail - 3<br />Green-winged Teal - 664<br />dabbler sp. - 78<br />Ring-necked Duck - 2<br />Greater Scaup - 60<br />Lesser Scaup - 129<br />aythya sp. - 51<br />Surf Scoter - 173<br />White-winged Scoter - 10<br />Black Scoter - 37<br />dark-winged scoter - 148<br />Long-tailed Duck - 101<br />Bufflehead - 339<br />Hooded Merganser - 6<br />Red-breasted Merganser - 26<br />Red-throated Loon - 1,085<br />Common Loon - 13<br />Northern Gannet - 4,171<br />Double-crested Cormorant - 886<br />Great Cormorant - 3<br />Great Blue Heron - 1<br />Laughing Gull - 101<br />Ring-billed Gull - 838<br />Herring Gull - 57<br />Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1<br />Great Black-backed Gull - 5<br />Common Tern - 2<br />Forster's Tern - 7<br />Royal Tern - 4<br />Parasitic Jaeger - 1<br />American Oystercatcher - 79<br /><br />Total: 9,225Sean Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14457249500616280424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-29370951134023792352008-11-17T19:18:00.001-05:002008-11-17T19:25:54.414-05:00Official Observer: Dan Berard<br /><br /><br /><pre><b><b>Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total<br />------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------<br />Black Vulture 6 52 116<br />Turkey Vulture 23 339 785<br />Osprey 4 21 1010<br />Bald Eagle 10 34 283<br />Northern Harrier 13 56 587<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 486 10905<br />Cooper's Hawk 8 233 4400<br />Northern Goshawk 0 3 5<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 3 114 178<br />Broad-winged Hawk 1 2 528<br />Red-tailed Hawk 10 279 538<br />Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1<br />Golden Eagle 0 16 24<br />American Kestrel 2 28 3020<br />Merlin 0 9 1263<br />Peregrine Falcon 1 8 1408<br />Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0<br />Unknown Buteo 0 0 0<br />Unknown Falcon 0 0 0<br />Unknown Eagle 0 0 0<br />Unknown Raptor 0 0 1<br />Mississippi Kite 0 0 2<br />Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1<br />Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3<br /><br />Total: 87 1680 25058</b></b></pre>Seth Cutrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14451343145869496393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-5909015829552791452008-11-16T20:41:00.005-05:002008-11-16T21:05:06.566-05:00Counter: Sean Fitzgerald<br /><br />Brant - 12<br />Canada Goose - 23<br />Tundra Swan - 16<br />Gadwall - 6<br />American Wigeon - 8<br />American Black Duck - 16<br />Mallard - 7<br />Northern Pintail - 13<br />Green-winged Teal - 4<br />Greater Scaup - 1<br />Lesser Scaup - 27<br />Surf Scoter - 72<br />White-winged Scoter - 1<br />Black Scoter - 26<br />dark-winged scoter - 5<br />Long-tailed Duck - 46<br />Bufflehead - 213<br />Common Goldeneye - 1<br />Red-breasted Merganser - 12<br />Ruddy Duck - 3<br />Red-throated Loon - 1,730<br />Common Loon - 9<br />Northern Gannet - 1,762<br />Double-crested Cormorant - 385<br />Laughing Gull - 94<br />Bonaparte's Gull - 2<br />Ring-billed Gull - 52<br />Herring Gull - 30<br />Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1<br />Great Black-backed Gull - 20<br />Forster's Tern - 11<br />Royal Tern - 18<br />jaeger sp. - 1<br /><br />Total: 4,627<br /><br />Other birds of note: Cave Swallow (1) and Eastern Bluebird (1)Sean Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14457249500616280424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-25050970045124808142008-11-16T16:49:00.000-05:002008-11-16T16:50:45.644-05:00Official Observer: Seth Cutright<br /><br /><br /><pre><b><b>Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total<br />------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------<br />Black Vulture 0 46 110<br />Turkey Vulture 0 316 762<br />Osprey 0 17 1006<br />Bald Eagle 0 24 273<br />Northern Harrier 2 43 574<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 480 10899<br />Cooper's Hawk 1 225 4392<br />Northern Goshawk 0 3 5<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 1 111 175<br />Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 527<br />Red-tailed Hawk 1 269 528<br />Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1<br />Golden Eagle 0 16 24<br />American Kestrel 0 26 3018<br />Merlin 0 9 1263<br />Peregrine Falcon 0 7 1407<br />Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0<br />Unknown Buteo 0 0 0<br />Unknown Falcon 0 0 0<br />Unknown Eagle 0 0 0<br />Unknown Raptor 0 0 1<br />Mississippi Kite 0 0 2<br />Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1<br />Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3<br /><br />Total: 7 1593 24971</b></b></pre>Seth Cutrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14451343145869496393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-73435973289536342902008-11-15T20:21:00.002-05:002008-11-15T20:27:51.726-05:00Counter: Sean Fitzgerald<br /><div><br /></div><div>American Wigeon - 3<br />Mallard - 6<br />Blue-winged Teal - 1<br />Northern Pintail - 2<br />Green-winged Teal - 5<br />Ring-necked Duck - 1<br /></div><div>Greater Scaup - 4<br /></div><div>Lesser Scaup - 4<br /></div><div>Common Eider - 2<br /></div><div>Surf Scoter - 178<br /></div><div>White-winged Scoter - 4<br /></div><div>Black Scoter - 7<br /></div><div>Long-tailed Duck - 7<br /></div><div>Bufflehead - 3<br /></div><div>Red-breasted Merganser - 18<br /></div><div>Red-throated Loon - 1,619<br /></div><div>Common Loon - 16<br /></div><div>Northern Gannet - 142<br /></div><div>Laughing Gull - 43<br />Bonaparte's Gull - 2<br /></div><div>Ring-billed Gull - 3<br />Forster's Tern - 1<br /><br /></div>Total - 2,071Sean Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14457249500616280424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-21404361942725421922008-11-15T15:27:00.002-05:002008-11-15T15:33:25.874-05:00Official Observer: Seth Cutright<br /><br /><br /><pre><b><b>Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total<br />------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------<br />Black Vulture 0 46 110<br />Turkey Vulture 0 316 762<br />Osprey 0 17 1006<br />Bald Eagle 0 24 273<br />Northern Harrier 0 41 572<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 478 10897<br />Cooper's Hawk 0 224 4391<br />Northern Goshawk 0 3 5<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 0 110 174<br />Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 527<br />Red-tailed Hawk 0 268 527<br />Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1<br />Golden Eagle 0 16 24<br />American Kestrel 0 26 3018<br />Merlin 0 9 1263<br />Peregrine Falcon 0 7 1407<br />Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0<br />Unknown Buteo 0 0 0<br />Unknown Falcon 0 0 0<br />Unknown Eagle 0 0 0<br />Unknown Raptor 0 0 1<br />Mississippi Kite 0 0 2<br />Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1<br />Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3<br /><br />Total: 0 1586 24964</b></b></pre>Seth Cutrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14451343145869496393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-65895039689354205902008-11-14T19:47:00.002-05:002008-11-14T20:14:56.506-05:00Counter: Sean Fitzgerald<br /><div><br /></div><div>Wood Duck - 3<br /></div><div>Greater Scaup - 8</div><div>Lesser Scaup - 18<br /></div><div>King Eider - 1</div><div>Common Eider - 4<br /></div><div>Surf Scoter - 723<br /></div><div>White-winged Scoter - 9<br /></div><div>Black Scoter - 169<br /></div><div>Long-tailed Duck - 11<br /></div><div>Bufflehead - 14<br /></div><div>Red-breasted Merganser - 14<br /></div><div>Red-throated Loon - 3,982<br /></div><div>Common Loon - 189<br /></div><div>Northern Gannet - 3,886<br /></div><div>Laughing Gull - 127<br /></div><div>Ring-billed Gull - 56</div><div>Herring Gull - 46<br />Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1<br /></div><div>Great Black-backed Gull - 12<br />Common Tern - 2<br />Forster's Tern - 4<br /></div><div>Royal Tern - 17</div><div>Parasitic Jaeger - 1<br />Razorbill - 1<br /><br /></div><div>Total - 9,298<br /></div>Sean Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14457249500616280424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-3834207328852264032008-11-14T14:48:00.001-05:002008-11-14T14:50:23.124-05:00Official Observer: Seth Cutright<br /><br /><br /><pre><b><b>Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total<br />------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------<br />Black Vulture 0 46 110<br />Turkey Vulture 0 316 762<br />Osprey 0 17 1006<br />Bald Eagle 0 24 273<br />Northern Harrier 0 41 572<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 478 10897<br />Cooper's Hawk 0 224 4391<br />Northern Goshawk 0 3 5<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 0 110 174<br />Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 527<br />Red-tailed Hawk 0 268 527<br />Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1<br />Golden Eagle 0 16 24<br />American Kestrel 0 26 3018<br />Merlin 0 9 1263<br />Peregrine Falcon 0 7 1407<br />Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0<br />Unknown Buteo 0 0 0<br />Unknown Falcon 0 0 0<br />Unknown Eagle 0 0 0<br />Unknown Raptor 0 0 1<br />Mississippi Kite 0 0 2<br />Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1<br />Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3<br /><br />Total: 0 1586 24964</b></b></pre>Seth Cutrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14451343145869496393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-35407119053417059992008-11-14T07:24:00.002-05:002008-11-14T07:32:36.401-05:00Counter: Dan Berard<div><br /></div><div>Wood Duck - 6</div><div>Gadwall - 3</div><div>American Wigeon - 1</div><div>American Black Duck - 3</div><div>Green-winged Teal - 269</div><div>Greater Scaup - 54</div><div>Lesser Scaup - 36</div><div>King Eider - 1</div><div>Common Eider - 8</div><div>Surf Scoter - 6,175</div><div>White-winged Scoter - 21</div><div>Black Scoter - 15,258</div><div>dark-winged scoter - 660</div><div>Long-tailed Duck - 44</div><div>Bufflehead - 56</div><div>Red-breasted Merganser - 77</div><div>Red-throated Loon - 2,583</div><div>Common Loon - 39</div><div>Horned Grebe - 2</div><div>Red-necked Grebe - 1</div><div>Northern Gannet - 2,603</div><div>Double-crested Cormorant - 273</div><div>Great Cormorant - 1</div><div>Laughing Gull - 33</div><div>Bonaparte's Gull - 13</div><div>Ring-billed Gul - 130</div><div>Herring Gull - 195</div><div>Great Black-backed Gull - 103</div><div>Black-legged Kittiwake - 1</div><div>Royal Tern - 16</div><div><br /></div><div>Total - 28,665</div>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03861643566144184540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-10695398358445870692008-11-13T16:40:00.001-05:002008-11-13T16:42:25.652-05:00Official Observer: Seth Cutright<br /><br /><br /><pre><b><b>Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total<br />------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------<br />Black Vulture 0 46 110<br />Turkey Vulture 0 316 762<br />Osprey 0 17 1006<br />Bald Eagle 0 24 273<br />Northern Harrier 0 41 572<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 478 10897<br />Cooper's Hawk 0 224 4391<br />Northern Goshawk 0 3 5<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 0 110 174<br />Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 527<br />Red-tailed Hawk 0 268 527<br />Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1<br />Golden Eagle 0 16 24<br />American Kestrel 0 26 3018<br />Merlin 0 9 1263<br />Peregrine Falcon 0 7 1407<br />Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0<br />Unknown Buteo 0 0 0<br />Unknown Falcon 0 0 0<br />Unknown Eagle 0 0 0<br />Unknown Raptor 0 0 1<br />Mississippi Kite 0 0 2<br />Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1<br />Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3<br /><br />Total: 0 1586 24964</b></b></pre>Seth Cutrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14451343145869496393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-83517044362626036992008-11-12T18:29:00.001-05:002008-11-12T18:39:44.784-05:00Official Observer: Seth Cutright<br /><br /><br /><pre><b><b>Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total<br />------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------<br />Black Vulture 0 46 110<br />Turkey Vulture 54 316 762<br />Osprey 0 17 1006<br />Bald Eagle 0 24 273<br />Northern Harrier 4 41 572<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 21 478 10897<br />Cooper's Hawk 35 224 4391<br />Northern Goshawk 0 3 5<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 17 110 174<br />Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 527<br />Red-tailed Hawk 79 268 527<br />Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1<br />Golden Eagle 0 16 24<br />American Kestrel 0 26 3018<br />Merlin 0 9 1263<br />Peregrine Falcon 0 7 1407<br />Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0<br />Unknown Buteo 0 0 0<br />Unknown Falcon 0 0 0<br />Unknown Eagle 0 0 0<br />Unknown Raptor 0 0 1<br />Mississippi Kite 0 0 2<br />Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1<br />Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3<br /><br />Total: 210 1586 24964</b></b></pre>Seth Cutrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14451343145869496393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-34694905431226992862008-11-12T18:12:00.002-05:002008-11-12T18:34:58.744-05:00Counter: Dan Berard<div><br /></div><div>Brant - 132</div><div>Wood Duck - 38</div><div>American Black Duck - 22</div><div>Northern Shoveler - 2</div><div>Northern Pintail - 13</div><div>Green-winged Teal - 211</div><div>Greater Scaup - 21</div><div>Lesser Scaup - 38</div><div>King Eider - 1</div><div>Common Eider - 15</div><div>Surf Scoter - 18,223</div><div>White-winged Scoter - 35</div><div>Black Scoter - 11,948</div><div>dark-winged scoter - 27,762</div><div>Long-tailed Duck - 91</div><div>Bufflehead - 62</div><div>Hooded Merganser - 1</div><div>Red-breasted Merganser - 80</div><div>Red-throated Loon - 1,105</div><div>Common Loon - 92</div><div>Horned Grebe - 3</div><div>Northern Gannet - 21,627</div><div>Double-crested Cormorant - 24,637</div><div>Great Cormorant - 14</div><div>Laughing Gull - 64</div><div>Bonaparte's Gull - 10</div><div>Ring-billed Gull - 90</div><div>Herring Gull - 159</div><div>Great Black-backed Gull - 59</div><div>Common Tern - 4</div><div>Forster's Tern - 31</div><div>Royal Tern - 12</div><div>Razorbill - 1</div><div>Sandhill Crane - 2</div><div><br /></div><div>Total - 106,605</div>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03861643566144184540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-6679262334988573902008-11-11T17:55:00.002-05:002008-11-11T18:09:41.809-05:00Counter: Sean Fitzgerald<br /><br />Brant - 7<br />Wood Duck - 94<br />American Wigeon - 18<br />American Black Duck - 81<br />Northern Pintail - 3<br />Green-winged Teal - 10<br />dabbler sp. - 39<br />Greater Scaup - 2<br />Lesser Scaup - 53<br />Surf Scoter - 1,039<br />White-winged Scoter - 4<br />Black Scoter - 501<br />scoter sp. - 1,271<br />Long-tailed Duck - 13<br />Bufflehead - 43<br />Hooded Merganser - 1<br />Red-breasted Merganser - 18<br />Red-throated Loon - 132<br />Common Loon - 10<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Northern Gannet - 16,946* </span><br />Brown Pelican - 1<br />Double-crested Cormorant - 3,977<br />Great Blue Heron - 1<br />Laughing Gull - 130<br />Bonaparte's Gull - 2<br />Ring-billed Gull - 117<br />Common Tern - 3<br />Forster's Tern - 32<br />Royal Tern - 32<br /><br />Total: 24,580<br /><br />Monarch: 1<br /><br />Other birds of note: Golden Eagle and Orange-crowned Warbler<br /><br />*This denotes a new single day record for Northern Gannet at the Avalon Sea Watch. The peak hour of movement occurred between 11:38am and 12:38pm when 5,992 were counted moving south. To put this in perspective, the previous single day record of Gannet was set last year when 7,685 were tallied in a full day!Sean Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14457249500616280424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-74910094456316595152008-11-11T16:56:00.001-05:002008-11-11T17:06:50.847-05:00Official Observer: Dan Berard<br /><br /><br /><pre><b><b>Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total<br />------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------<br />Black Vulture 13 46 110<br />Turkey Vulture 161 262 708<br />Osprey 3 17 1006<br />Bald Eagle 9 24 273<br />Northern Harrier 6 37 568<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 82 457 10876<br />Cooper's Hawk 62 189 4356<br />Northern Goshawk 0 3 5<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 59 93 157<br />Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 527<br />Red-tailed Hawk 103 189 448<br />Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1<br />Golden Eagle 1 16 24<br />American Kestrel 2 26 3018<br />Merlin 0 9 1263<br />Peregrine Falcon 0 7 1407<br />Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0<br />Unknown Buteo 0 0 0<br />Unknown Falcon 0 0 0<br />Unknown Eagle 0 0 0<br />Unknown Raptor 0 0 1<br />Mississippi Kite 0 0 2<br />Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1<br />Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3<br /><br />Total: 501 1376 24754</b></b></pre>Seth Cutrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14451343145869496393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-7647455722131506212008-11-10T22:00:00.001-05:002008-11-10T22:07:29.193-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <p class="MsoNormal">A Record Raptor Day:<span style=""> </span>Golden Eagles:<span style=""> </span>By: Seth Cutright Counted By: Dan Berard</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Today was a record breaking day…literally. During the Fall of 1996, 8 Golden Eagles were recorded on a single day. Today, that record was broken, as 14 Golden Eagles were recorded from the Cape May Hawk Watch Platform. As anyone who has attempted to count raptors knows, it can be tough trying to figure out which birds are migrating and which birds have been around all day and that goes double for eagles. Thankfully, today was a team effort. There was constant communication between me, in the Far North Raptor Banding Blind, Forrest Rowland, the counter at the Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch, and Dan Berard, counting at the Cape May Hawk Watch Platform. As an eagle was spotted, word was spread and we were able to track their movements and even how long it took some individuals to cross the bay. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place st="on">Cape May</st1:place> wasn’t the only hawk watch to break a record. The Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch broke two records, with a new day and season total for Golden Eagles. They recorded six for their daily total.<span style=""> </span>Here at the Cape May Hawk Watch we recorded a new day high count at fourteen.<span style=""> </span>Out of the fourteen that were recorded at the Cape May Hawk Watch, <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">Cape</st1:placetype> <st1:placename st="on">Henlopen</st1:placename></st1:place> was able to count how long it took six of these to cross the Bay.<span style=""> </span>Overall, they all crossed in about an hour.<span style=""> </span>Another astonishing number to throw at you is five, which is the number of the <st1:place st="on">Cape May</st1:place> birds that were adults.<span style=""> </span>Yet another interesting note is that the Golden Eagle recorded yesterday was seen again today but was not counted, which means that while fourteen birds were recorded today there were actually fifteen seen.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Other highlights at the platform today were Clay-colored and Fox Sparrows feeding among Song and House Sparrows.<span style=""> </span>Many ducks were still on the pond by the count site, along with Cave Swallows flying over it.<span style=""> </span>Then to cap off a really fun and interesting day, the last highlight was a flock of five Tundra Swans.<span style=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><br /></span></p> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.birdcapemay.org/sightings/uploaded_images/GEagle-1-783757.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="http://www.birdcapemay.org/sightings/uploaded_images/GEagle-1-783413.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo 1: Juvenile Golden Eagle: 11-9-10-2008<br />Notes: This bird was seen both days. Some stand out field marks were noted to tell that it was the same bird both days. Such marks are, the very large amount and bright white wing patches, and thicker bright white band on tail. Also noted was the thin brown tail band on tail tip. These marks were seen on this bird both days in person and from banding photos. This photo is from 11-10-2008<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.birdcapemay.org/sightings/uploaded_images/GEagle4-781964.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 363px;" src="http://www.birdcapemay.org/sightings/uploaded_images/GEagle4-781957.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo 2: Juvenile Golden Eagle: 11-10-2008<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.birdcapemay.org/sightings/uploaded_images/TSwans2-716292.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="http://www.birdcapemay.org/sightings/uploaded_images/TSwans2-716287.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo 3: Five Tundra Swans: 11-10-2008<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.birdcapemay.org/sightings/uploaded_images/CCSparrow2-716255.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 341px;" src="http://www.birdcapemay.org/sightings/uploaded_images/CCSparrow2-716201.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo 4: Clay-colored Sparrow: 11-10-2008<br /><br />Photos done by Dan Berard<br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style=""> </span></p>Seth Cutrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14451343145869496393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-48129667467056066372008-11-10T21:29:00.001-05:002008-11-10T22:02:34.559-05:00Official Observer: Dan Berard<br /><br /><br /><pre><b><b>Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total<br />------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------<br />Black Vulture 23 33 97<br />Turkey Vulture 75 101 547<br />Osprey 8 14 1003<br />Bald Eagle 6 15 264<br />Northern Harrier 11 31 562<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 125 375 10794<br />Cooper's Hawk 58 127 4294<br />Northern Goshawk 1 3 5<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 19 34 98<br />Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 527<br />Red-tailed Hawk 34 86 345<br />Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1<br />Golden Eagle 14 15 23<br />American Kestrel 9 24 3016<br />Merlin 2 9 1263<br />Peregrine Falcon 1 7 1407<br />Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0<br />Unknown Buteo 0 0 0<br />Unknown Falcon 0 0 0<br />Unknown Eagle 0 0 0<br />Unknown Raptor 0 0 1<br />Mississippi Kite 0 0 2<br />Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1<br />Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3<br /><br />Total: 386 875 24253</b></b></pre>Seth Cutrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14451343145869496393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-21028283501584096112008-11-10T19:16:00.002-05:002008-11-10T19:21:46.060-05:00Counter: Sean Fitzgerald<br /><br />Brant - 49<br />Canada Goose - 8<br />Wood Duck - 43<br />American Wigeon - 5<br />American Black Duck - 18<br />Northern Pintail - 1<br />Green-winged Teal - 26<br />Greater Scaup - 2<br />Lesser Scaup - 15<br />Surf Scoter - 221<br />Black Scoter - 38<br />scoter sp. - 111<br />Long-tailed Duck - 4<br />Bufflehead - 27<br />Red-breasted Merganser - 16<br />Red-throated Loon - 33<br />Common Loon - 12<br />Northern Gannet - 1,751<br />Double-crested Cormorant - 595<br />Great Cormorant - 3<br />Great Egret - 7<br />Laughing Gull - 16<br />Ring-billed Gull - 32<br />Herring Gull - 2<br />Common Tern - 1<br />Forster's Tern - 23<br />Royal Tern - 7<br />American Oystercatcher - 3<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Marbled Godwit - 7</span><br /><br />Total: 3,076Sean Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14457249500616280424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-35257639693731978532008-11-09T20:16:00.001-05:002008-11-09T20:29:23.822-05:00Official Observer: Seth Cutright<br /><br /><br /><pre><b><b>Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total<br />------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------<br />Black Vulture 0 10 74<br />Turkey Vulture 6 26 472<br />Osprey 1 6 995<br />Bald Eagle 2 9 258<br />Northern Harrier 3 20 551<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 35 250 10669<br />Cooper's Hawk 12 69 4236<br />Northern Goshawk 0 2 4<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 7 15 79<br />Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 527<br />Red-tailed Hawk 23 52 311<br />Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1<br />Golden Eagle 1 1 9<br />American Kestrel 2 15 3007<br />Merlin 3 7 1261<br />Peregrine Falcon 1 6 1406<br />Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0<br />Unknown Buteo 0 0 0<br />Unknown Falcon 0 0 0<br />Unknown Eagle 0 0 0<br />Unknown Raptor 0 0 1<br />Mississippi Kite 0 0 2<br />Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1<br />Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3<br /><br />Total: 96 489 23867</b></b></pre>Seth Cutrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14451343145869496393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-63671943314809855262008-11-09T19:26:00.002-05:002008-11-09T19:31:03.701-05:00Counter: Sean Fitzgerald<br /><br />Brant - 20<br />Canada Goose - 1<br />American Wigeon - 13<br />American Black Duck - 8<br />Greater Scaup - 3<br />Surf Scoter - 51<br />Black Scoter - 11<br />Bufflehead - 1<br />Red-throated Loon - 45<br />Common Loon - 8<br />Northern Gannet - 497<br />Brown Pelican - 1<br />Double-crested Cormorant - 449<br />Great Egret - 3<br />Laughing Gull - 12<br />Ring-billed Gull - 9<br />Forster's Tern - 60<br />Royal Tern - 9<br />American Oystercatcher - 16<br /><br />Total: 1,217<br /><br />Other birds of note: White-rumped Sandpiper - 2, Willet - 1, Dickcissel - 1, and Pine WarblerSean Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14457249500616280424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-28364526201283821932008-11-08T19:46:00.003-05:002008-11-08T19:49:43.784-05:00Counter: Sean Fitzgerald<br /><br />American Wigeon - 5<br />Green-winged Teal - 13<br />Greater Scaup - 1<br />Lesser Scaup - 8<br />Surf Scoter - 140<br />White-winged Scoter - 2<br />Black Scoter - 10<br />Long-tailed Duck - 3<br />Bufflehead - 1<br />Red-breasted Merganser - 1<br />Red-throated Loon - 50<br />Common Loon - 7<br />Northern Gannet - 376<br />Laughing Gull - 116<br />Bonaparte's Gull - 14<br />Ring-billed Gull - 16<br />Common Tern - 1<br />Forster's Tern - 66<br />Royal Tern - 34<br />Black Skimmer - 4<br />Killdeer - 1<br /><br />Total: 869<br /><br />Other birds of note: Orange-crowned Warbler, Pine Warbler, and 3 Western WilletSean Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14457249500616280424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393188879299579892.post-72570418938868130612008-11-08T17:21:00.000-05:002008-11-09T10:26:12.163-05:00Official Observer: Seth Cutright<br /><br /><br /><pre><b><b>Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total<br />------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------<br />Black Vulture 0 10 74<br />Turkey Vulture 0 20 466<br />Osprey 0 5 994<br />Bald Eagle 0 7 256<br />Northern Harrier 0 17 548<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 215 10634<br />Cooper's Hawk 0 57 4224<br />Northern Goshawk 0 2 4<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 0 8 72<br />Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 527<br />Red-tailed Hawk 0 29 288<br />Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1<br />Golden Eagle 0 0 8<br />American Kestrel 0 13 3005<br />Merlin 0 4 1258<br />Peregrine Falcon 0 5 1405<br />Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0<br />Unknown Buteo 0 0 0<br />Unknown Falcon 0 0 0<br />Unknown Eagle 0 0 0<br />Unknown Raptor 0 0 1<br />Mississippi Kite 0 0 2<br />Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1<br />Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3<br /><br />Total: 0 393 23771</b></b></pre>Laura Guerardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547832048886058658noreply@blogger.com