The season is about halfway over. Below is a list of species along with monthly totals and the season totals so far for eastern birds. Today was a good day for Sharp-shinned Hawks. 161 headed east along with 14 Turkey Vultures, 11 Bald Eagles (nearly all were young birds), 13 Northern Harriers, 1 Cooper’s Hawk, [...]
Archive for April, 2010
The Halfway Point
Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Swainson’s Hawk Redux
Posted in Uncategorized on April 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Another Swainson’s Hawk today. This bird was an adult dark morph bird. The bird flew nearly right over the top of the mountain, but I didn’t pick it up until it had almost sneaked by. I’ve posted some poor photos on the Facebook Album: Brockway Birds 2010 With south winds forecast for today, I was [...]
More north winds
Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Another slow day. 16 Turkey Vultures 1 Osprey 8 Bald Eagles 1 Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks 4 Broad-winged Hawks 3 Rough-legged Hawks Winds are supposed to be from the southeast for the next couple days. I hope that means more birds! Max
Swainson’s Hawk
Posted in Brockway Mountain, Keweenaw Raptor Survey, raptor migration, spring migration, Uncategorized on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday (4/27), Max had the first SWAINSON’S HAWK of the season fly by the Mountain. Brockway can be a good spot to see these uncommon western visitors and early May should hopefully produce a few more of these handsomely marked raptors.
Over the last few days…
Posted in Uncategorized on April 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
It’s been slow the last few days. North winds have kept numbers down. Joe Youngman counted for me on Sunday. He had 5 Turkey Vultures, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk and 1 Rough-legged Hawk. Today wasn’t much better; 8 Turkey Vultures, 3 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 1 Red-tailed Hawk and 2 Rough-legged Hawks. Today on the mountain was the [...]
Brockway Mountain Field Trip
Posted in Brockway Mountain, Keweenaw Raptor Survey, Laughing Whitefish Audubon Society, raptor migration, spring migration, Uncategorized on April 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hello everyone, I will be leading a Laughing Whitefish Audubon Society field trip to Brockway Mountain in Copper Harbor to observe migrating raptors this weekend. The trip is scheduled for Saturday, May 1st. As of right now, the weather forecast looks good enough for the trip to occur on that day. If the forecast changes within [...]
Raptor photos
Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I’ve had some requests for the photos of the mystery raptor from the 22nd. I’ve posted photos here: Brockway Birds 2010 on Facebook Any comments on the bird are welcome. Max
Or not…
Posted in Brockway Mountain, Copper Country Audubon, Keweenaw Raptor Survey, Laughing Whitefish Audubon Society, raptor migration, spring migration, Uncategorized on April 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Well, it turns out my bird yesterday wasn’t likely a kite, rather an accipitor caught at a rather odd angle. Oh well… Though today looked like it should have been a kicking day for migration, numbers show otherwise. Lot of people turned out throughout the day for what was supposed to be southwest winds but [...]
Mississippi Kite!
Posted in Uncategorized on April 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Weather: winds were variable, round 10 MPH most of the day. Highs were around 14C. The flight yesterday was mostly high over Rocky Ridge. Species tallied include: 24 Turkey Vultures 9 Bald Eagles, mostly subadults 1 Northern Harrier 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 8 Broad-winged Hawk 20 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Rough-legged Hawk 1 Golden [...]
Students search Keweenaw for raptors
Posted in Brockway Mountain, Events, Keweenaw Raptor Survey, raptor migration, spring migration, Uncategorized on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Howdy folks, Keweenaw Peninsula students paid a visit to the Brockway Count yesterday and the event was covered by TV 6 News. Here is a link to the video interview with Max: http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/video.aspx?id=446853 Thousands of birds fly above Brockway Mountain during their migration north By Ashley Palumbo Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 7:58 p.m. Read more: [...]
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