Nature Done Wright

Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs

September 23, 2008

Allendale, Celery Farm, celeryfarm.net, hawk watch, Jim Wright, New Jersey

MOUNT PETER HAWK WATCH

Saturday was a great day for a field trip to the Mount Peter Hawk Watch on Bellvale Mountain in Warwick, N.Y.
The temperature was moderate, the sun was warm, and raptor watchers tallied more than 300 broadwings and a bald eagle.
Click "Continue reading…" for the day's count and several shots of Fyke Nature Association members.

If you cannot identify any of these rare birds (certainly not odd ducks), consider them "Tuesday Morning Mysteries."
A special Thank You to Judy Cinquina for managing this great hawk lookout for so many years.

Mount Peter
Warwick, New York, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2008
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	0	1	1
Osprey	3	71	71
Bald Eagle	1	27	27
Northern Harrier	1	8	8
Sharp-shinned Hawk	14	179	179
Cooper's Hawk	0	12	12
Northern Goshawk	0	1	1
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	4	4
Broad-winged Hawk	287	10505	10505
Red-tailed Hawk	0	5	5
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	1	1
American Kestrel	2	32	32
Merlin	0	2	2
Peregrine Falcon	0	2	2
Unknown Accipiter	0	1	1
Unknown Buteo	0	0	0
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	1	7	7
Total:	309	10858	10858

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Denise Farrell
Observers:	Judith C. Cinquina, Rick Hansen, Rob Stone

Visitors:
Judy Cinquina, Rick Hansen, Rob Stone, Stiles Thomas, Charles Mayhood,
and
members of the Fyke Nature Assoc.

Weather:
Light winds that shifted from the NNW to the E from 10a.m.-1p.m. then
returned to W. Temperatures ranged from 10 -23 C. Few clouds and good
visibility.

Raptor Observations:
Most of the raptors were high and difficult to find. The only large
kettles went through between 12p.m. and 1 EST when 234 were tallied.
The
Bald Eagle was a 3-4 yr. old and went due S around 10:45 a.m.

Non-raptor Observations:
14 Monarchs, 1 Black-thraoted Green, 1 Empi flycatcher (probably a
Willow).