Friday, September 4, 2009

September

September

9/14
Raccoon Ridge raptor watch (10:00 AM-7:00 PM):
18 Osprey
1 Northern Harrier
19 Sharp-shinned hawks
1 Coopers hawk
1 Northern Goshawk
1 Red shouldered hawk
136 Broad-winged hawks
2 Red-tailed hawks
7 American kestrels
2 Merlins
2 Peregrine Falcons (photo on right)

1 Red-headed woodpecker
Huge flock of tree swallows (maybe 200)


9/9

Sunrise Mountain raptor watch (9:30-11:30 AM):
2 osprey (photo on right from PEEC)
2 Bald eagles
1 Coopers hawk
8 broad wings
3 red-tailed hawks

2 raven
2 crow
31 turkey vultures
6 black vultures

9/7

Labor Day Family Nature Getaway (morning bird sit)

Blue jay
Gray catbird
Goldfinch
Chickadee
Tufted titmouse
Crow
Cardinal
Red-breasted nuthatch
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Pileated woodpecker
Mourning dove
Flicker
Carolina wren
House finch

9/6
PEEC

12 common nighthawks

9/5
Sunrise Mountain hawk watch

3 Broadwinged hawks
~16 Turkey vultures
6 Black vultures

9/3

Around PEEC

40-50 Common nighthawks!