[CT Birds] Fw: [BIRDHAWK] HSR: Peak Mountain (18 Mar 2008) 63 Raptors

[Clay Taylor]

All -

And to be fair about it, great job Joe!    Everybody note the wind 
direction - SE to SSE, which is the mirror-image of good fall hawk-flight 
winds here in CT.

I only have One Question - was the Muskrat in a kettle with other species, 
or flying solo?    ;-)

Clay Taylor
Moodus, CT
ctaylor at att.net


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Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:03 PM
Subject: [BIRDHAWK] HSR: Peak Mountain (18 Mar 2008) 63 Raptors


> Peak Mountain
> East Granby, Connecticut, USA
> Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 18, 2008
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
> ------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
> Black Vulture                0              1              1
> Turkey Vulture              19             62             83
> Osprey                       0              0              0
> Bald Eagle                   2              4              4
> Northern Harrier             1              1              1
> Sharp-shinned Hawk           1              2              2
> Cooper's Hawk                7             11             11
> Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
> Red-shouldered Hawk          8             11             11
> Broad-winged Hawk            0              0              0
> Red-tailed Hawk             22             48             57
> Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
> Golden Eagle                 0              0              0
> American Kestrel             0              0              0
> Merlin                       0              0              0
> Peregrine Falcon             0              1              1
> Unknown Accipiter            0              0              0
> Unknown Buteo                1              1              1
> Unknown Falcon               0              0              0
> Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
> Unknown Raptor               2              4              4
>
> Total:                      63            146            176
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Observation start time: 09:45:00
> Observation end   time: 15:00:00
> Total observation time: 5.17 hours
>
> Official Counter:        Joseph E. Wojtanowski
>
> Observers:        Dick Haas, Joe Wojtanowski
>
> Weather:
> Cloudy, Wind SE-SSE-S @ 0-7 mph. Temp 1.6 - 6.6C.
>
> Raptor Observations:
> BE unaged @ 1120, BE adult @ 1235. NH male. Non Migrant RT 4, TV 4.
>
> Non-raptor Observations:
> Killdeer, Eastern Meadowlark, Great Blue Heron, Common Merganser 7, plus 
> 13
> other species. One MUSKRAT.
> .
>
> Predictions:
> WET.
> ========================================================================
> Report submitted by Joe Wojtanowski (Jtwxw at aol.com)
>
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