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Migration: Raptors / Spring
bccs:
hmmm, tis a short jaunt from home, perhaps the coming week I'll take a drive.
allikat:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on March 19, 2012, 09:58 ---Trained eyes Allikat - all the observers are trained though frequently there are visitors hanging out to learn the ropes so to speak.
It should show at the bottom of each day's observations who where the observers and recorders and it there were guests.
As for the large numbers, you will frequently find that species - say broad-winged hawks - come through in huge flocks together which makes it easier to count them - and they use those hand-held clickers, the kind you sometimes see door greeters or parking attendants at events use to count quickly.
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Thank you for the clarification.
Raptors are still on the move...Great site to visit in the spring!
bcbird:
--- Quote from: photosbydennis on March 15, 2012, 19:19 ---I would bet that many have never seen a Turkey Vulture in real life ?
By the Turkey Vulture numbers that are posted I would think that we should be seeing them like Sparrows or Robins... and it makes me wonder just where they end up as we don't see just that many in Manitoba ?
Just my thought.
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At least two turkey vultures have now made it to Victoria, BC. We saw them soaring with their characteristic tipping flight above the ferry terminal as we were leaving Vancouver island this morning.
The Peregrine Chick:
There used to be a formal hawk watch at St Adolphe but that ended in 2006, now its just birdwatchers who head out there.
The Pembina Valley hawk watch at Windygates is the only formal (ie reporting) hawk watch in the province:
http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=646&ryear=2012&rmonth=03
And they list counts per species per day, per month and per migration season.
On March 18th they had bald eagles, northern harriers, sharp-shinned hawks, northern goshawks, red-tailed hawks, roughed-legged hawks and an unidentifiable eagle. Oh ya, 1 peregrine. Could have been Jules' companion I suppose ...
birdcamfan:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on March 19, 2012, 10:30 ---
--- Quote from: Moonstar on March 19, 2012, 10:24 ---When I went to by Daughter's in St. Adolphe on Sat. there were a bunch of people sitting at the St. Adolphe bridge with scopes etc watching the bird migration.
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Its a very popular place and one that is close enough to town to do it a few times during migrations. If anyone hasn't checked it out, days with south winds and no rain are often good times to go.
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Did they say what varieties they were seeing?
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