The Broad-wings that are coming through now are starting to look pretty beat up:
Here are today’s numbers as well as the season totals:
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 9 170 614 Osprey 2 10 31 Bald Eagle 6 90 691 Northern Harrier 3 8 140 Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 825 1501 Cooper's Hawk 0 12 19 Northern Goshawk 0 6 27 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 9 Broad-winged Hawk 143 3249 3429 Red-tailed Hawk 4 79 626 Rough-legged Hawk 0 16 122 Golden Eagle 0 7 31 American Kestrel 0 26 97 Merlin 1 15 35 Peregrine Falcon 0 10 19 Unknown Accipiter 0 4 20 Unknown Buteo 1 61 108 Unknown Falcon 0 4 10 Unknown Eagle 0 0 16 Unknown Raptor 0 5 16 Swainson's Hawk 0 4 5 Total: 189 4602 7566
Jow Youngman is giving a talk tomorrow on the KRS at the Copper Harbor Birding Festival and Zach Gayk will be counting for me again. Weather looks pleasant at least to be on the mountain. I’m not going to try to predict if it’ll be a good flight. Come on up and check it out!
Max
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That’s one heck of a chewed up BWHA! Who do you think is the culprit? PEFA?