Another excellent day at Lighthouse Point, with absolutely no clouds at
all, but with up to 10 people looking high and hard, brought another
580 Hawks to the count. The mixture was as follows;
TV- 30 Osprey- 41 Bald Eagles- 11 Immature and 4 mature for total
of 15( same as Monday), Northern Harrier- 4
Sharp-shinned Hawks- 276 Cooper's Hawks- 95 American Kestrel- 83
Merlin- 10. The balance was made up of Red-tails, Red-shoulders,
Peregrines and unidentified buteos.
In addition, there were 365 American Robins, 370 Blue Jays, 320 Canada
Geese, 280 Red-winged Blackbirds, 235 Cedar Waxwings,
2 Dickcissels, 265 Tree Swallows, 1 Pine Siskin, 1 Northern Rough-wing
Swallow, and several Purple Finches.
Those that lent their eyes to another good cause were Don Morgan,
Andrew McGee, who came down from NorthHampton, Mass; Lynn James, Dana
Campbell, Marty Moore, Judy Moore, Julian Hough, Nick Bonomo, Richard
English, and Ernie from the Hartford area. I couldn't have done it
alone. Thanks to all.
Bill Banks
Generally my similar reports have been extra-limital, from the West Side
Highway in NYC or the like, but this one is actually from Connecticut:
As I was stopped at the light in front of the Stop-and-Shop in Glenville
(Greenwich), there was a flurry of warbler activity in the trees and
bushes next to me. Only two warblers were identifiable: a
yellow-rumped warbler, and a black-throated green, but there were more.
I truly appreciate the mixture on the list-serve of reports of casual,
backyard, scientific, and passionate birding modes. It reflects what a
community actually does.