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Migration: Raptors / Fall
The Peregrine Chick:
FALL MIGRATION 2013
allikat:
Hi Folks!
I've been on the Hawkcount site regularly and it always amazes me of how many raptors are counted, especially on the Broad Winged Hawk and sharp shinned hawk...my mouth dropped!
Anyway, today, I went on the site and have added the total amount of peregrines spotted withing the lasts couple of days migrating... total of 290 peregrine falcons spotted during the observation days of Oct. 6 and 7. Now, that number, put a smile on my face, considering there are still more that have yet to migrate.
Go Peregrines Go!!!
The Peregrine Chick:
On Oct 1st at the Veracruz hawk migration site (called River of Raptors) these were the fall migration totals to-date for a few species ...
Broad-winged Hawks = 1,126,985
Mississippi Kites = 281,613
Turkey Vultures = 48,510
Ospreys = 1,697
American Kestrels = 626
Peregrine Falcons = 503
Merlins = 33
GCG:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on August 26, 2012, 11:54 ---Fall migration has begun for the Peregrines it seems ... and it seems like most of the migration stations haven't started to report regular sightings yet, so it will be interesting to see how the numbers look when they are.
--- End quote ---
:( Certainly not words I want to see posted this early.
The Peregrine Chick:
Fall migration has begun for the Peregrines it seems ... and it seems like most of the migration stations haven't started to report regular sightings yet, so it will be interesting to see how the numbers look when they are.
Aug 17 - Texas, Corpus Christi = 1
Aug 19 - Maine, Acadia National Park = 1; Texas, Corpus Christi = 1
Aug 20 - Texas, Corpus Christi = 3
Aug 22 - Texas, Corpus Christi = 1
Aug 23 - Pennsylvania, Bake Oven Knob = 2
Aug 24 - Pennsylvania, Ft Indiantown Gap = 1; Pennsylvania, Bake Oven Knob = 1;
Connecticut, Quaker Ridge = 1
Aug 25 - Maine, Acadia National Park = 1
Just as a note, the American Kestrels were off and running on August 1st (when I started tracking) and the Merlins on August 6th.
No reports of Gyr, Prairie or Aplomado Falcon movements but they usually only turn up on a very few sightings in the west and there are only a couple of monitored hawk migration sites west of the Mississippi River.
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