Friday, May 9, 2008

4/25-5/2 - Hawks, Warblers & More!

5/2

Bad weather forced me to stop by 1:15 with VERY few hawks, but LOTS of WARBLERS!! Strong East winds and an oncoming warm front helped load the trees with warblers for the first hour + of my morning. Check the list below (10 species).



Raptors:
Turkey Vulture: 2
Cooper's Hawk: 1
Osprey: 1

Others:
Yellow-rumped Warbler - lots
Palm Warbler - lots
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Blue-winged Warbler - 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - several
Yellow Warbler - several (photo above)
Nashville Warbler - several
American Redstart - 1
Black-and-White Warbler - a few
Cape May Warbler - 1

5/1

Raptors:
Turkey Vulture: 20
Red-tailed Hawk: 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 2
Bald Eagle: 1

Others:
Clay-colored Sparrow (photo below)
Chimney Swift


4/29

Raptors:
Turkey Vulture: 5
Red-tailed Hawk: 3
Cooper's Hawk: 1
Bald Eagle: 2
Broad-winged Hawk: 1
Northern Harrier: 2
Merlin: 1
UnIdentified Raptor: 2

Others:
Lots of Swallow flocks (Rough-winged, Tree and Barn)
Lots of Palm and Yellow-rumped Warbler Flocks

4/25

Bad weather forced me to end at 1:45 today - with a big fat 0 for raptors. Only 3 Turkey Vultures, several Blue Jay flocks and a partial albino deer (see photo - deer is hard to see on the left of the photo - normal deer on the right).

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