Hawk Watch Thursday September 10, 2009

It was a solid day at the Hawk Watch, even though the wind and rain made it slightly uncomfortable at times. The movers today were Ospreys, especially early on, and Merlins which delighted most of the platform visitors throughout the day by attacking various unfortunate passerines. The unquestionable non-raptor highlight was a brief look at a Sandhill Crane getting mobbed by crows while flying NE away from the Platform.

Location: Cape Island--CMBO Hawk Watch Site
Observation date: 9/10/09
Notes: NNE Wind most of the day. Rainy later on.
Number of species: 65

Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Gadwall 3
Mallard X
Blue-winged Teal 15
Green-winged Teal 14
Double-crested Cormorant 300
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 6
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 4
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 12
Osprey 64
Bald Eagle 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5
Cooper's Hawk 12
Broad-winged Hawk 1
American Kestrel 19
Merlin 64
Peregrine Falcon 2
Sandhill Crane 1 Seen flying NE over the tree line to the Northwest of
Bunker Pond, getting mobbed by ~15 crows (~8:45 AM).
Semipalmated Plover 5 Calling flyovers
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Least Sandpiper 12
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Caspian Tern 1
Common Tern X
Forster's Tern X
Royal Tern 15
Black Skimmer 23
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 20
Common Nighthawk 1
Chimney Swift X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Purple Martin 4
Tree Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Carolina Chickadee X
Carolina Wren X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Yellow Warbler X
Northern Waterthrush 2
Common Yellowthroat X
Song Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Bobolink 200
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X

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