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LHP 10/27

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greg hanisek
Tue, Oct 28, 2008 2:33 AM

From Greg Hanisek

 
9/27 New Haven, Lighthouse Point hawk watch - slow day with 41 diurnal raptors. Also
2 DICKCISSELS, 10 HORND LARKS, 15 AMERICAN PIPITS, 3 E. MEADOWLARKS, 73 E. Bluebirds; very heavy flight of House Finches, which was hard to quantify because of tough early sky conditions, but definitely 4 figures with smaller number of Purple Finch and some Pine Siskins. c 4,000 Red-winged Blackbirds and 3,000 C Grackles.

>From Greg Hanisek   9/27 New Haven, Lighthouse Point hawk watch - slow day with 41 diurnal raptors. Also 2 DICKCISSELS, 10 HORND LARKS, 15 AMERICAN PIPITS, 3 E. MEADOWLARKS, 73 E. Bluebirds; very heavy flight of House Finches, which was hard to quantify because of tough early sky conditions, but definitely 4 figures with smaller number of Purple Finch and some Pine Siskins. c 4,000 Red-winged Blackbirds and 3,000 C Grackles.