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Caesars Head hawk flight
- To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Caesars Head hawk flight
- From: "Irvin Pitts" <ipitts@scprt.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 08:53:50 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Another big day at Caesars Head- unprecedented numbers thus far at this
site. Nine hours of hawk watching produced the following:
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 2882
American Kestrel 2
unidentified 3
Big flight occurred around midday. Birds were high against a good
backdrop of clouds heading SW. After a lull, a late afternoon flight
occurred (4:45 pm through 5:30 pm) with birds heading in a WSW
direction. Observers present included Jeff Catlin (in morning),
Elizabeth Galloway, Hilda Reece, myself and others.
Wood warblers observed include:
black-and-white warbler
blackburnian warbler (several)
blackpoll warbler
black-throated green warbler (6-7 birds)
Tennessee warbler=20
yellow-throated warbler
pine warbler
bay-breasted warbler
chestnut-sided warbler (several).
Irvin Pitts
Columbia, SC
ipitts@scprt.com