TPC, is this in the normal time range for the start of the raptor migration? I guess, because it's still hot and summery here, it seems too early for any of our "summer birds" to be leaving.
Take a look at the bolded stat folks!!! :o
2011-09-21: Corpus Christi Raptor Migration Project (Site Profile) , Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Start Time: 08:00 End Time: 16:30 Observation Hours: 8.5
OS NH MK SS CH BW SW RS AK ML PG BE UA UR Total
22 8 39 42 26 32298 11 1 42 5 5 2 3 4 32508
WOW...lots of Broad-winged Hawks! And I mean LOTS!
Seriously folks, take a look at their numbers....http://hawkcount.org/index.php
Saw multitudes of bald eagles driving back from Pinawa today and over the golf course yesterday. One was sitting in a field eating something and just a bit further up one was in the ditch eating a dead raccoon. 2 large blackbirds were a couple of feet away hoping for a snack. Is this unusual? I didn't know that eagles ate carrion.
Speaking of corvids, I just finished reading a great little book called "Crows" by Candace Savage. Don't know which thread that bit of info belongs in, but this seems just as good as any, following bcf's observations of "Black Birds"! The book made me fall for the wicked, clever little beasts ::)Sounds like a interesting book, susha. :) You can place posts about books in the "Bird Books Worth Reading" thread, if you want to. Who knew crows could be so intriguing? ;)
Sounds like a interesting book, susha. :) You can place posts about books in the "Bird Books Worth Reading" thread, if you want to. Who knew crows could be so intriguing? ;)
I was in Fargo 11 days ago and while waiting for the marathon to start (at the Civic Centre) I looked to see a PF straight above. It eventually landed on the Civic Centre. It could have been anybirdy of course but I liked to imagine it was someone from Manitoba.
I had a good run and it was a beautiful day. It's a nice event for anyone who likes a fall race.
RCF,
I'm hunting up a photo of a bird that was found in southern Manitoba a little while ago that was causing us some identification problems - it was somewhere between a peregrine and a prairie we thought but wasn't really either. Turned out to be a lost falconry bird - a juvenile gyrfalcon x peregrine hybrid. There were in fact two birds, brothers, lost at the same time so let me know if the photo (when I find it) looks a bit like the bird you saw, who knows, just might be our lost "boy".
That's very interesting, a gyrfalcon x peregrine hybrid. I hope it's not too hard to find, I'd love to see the picture.
That's so interesting, Cooper! TPC, is it possible that a Gryofalcon could make its way this far south?!?
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.
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1453 |
Broad-winged Hawk | 76 |
Turkey Vulture | 56 |
Merlin & American Kestrel | 55 |
Red-tailed Hawk | 54 |
Bald Eagle | 13 |
Coopers Hawk | 11 |
Peregrine Falcon | 6 |
Osprey | 2 |
Golden Eagle | 1 |
Northern Harrier | 1 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 358 |
Red-tailed Hawk | 206 |
Bald Eagle | 47 |
Broad-winged Hawk | 45 |
Turkey Vulture | 31 |
Coopers Hawk | 21 |
American Kestrel | 17 |
Peregrine Falcon | 8 |
Northern Harrier | 2 |
Merlin | 2 |
Osprey | 2 |
Aug 20 | 3 | |
Aug 21 | 0 | |
Aug 22 | 0 | |
Aug 23 | 0 | |
Aug 24 | 141 | |
Aug 25 | 10 | |
Aug 26 | 232 | |
Aug 27 | 4,156 | |
Aug 28 | 11,151 | |
Aug 29 | 25,259 | |
Aug 30 | 32,009 | |
Aug 31 | 19,717 | |
Sep 01 | 1,189 | |
Sep 02 | 2,771 | |
To-date | 96,641 |