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hawk totals
- To: State Parks -- Central Office <stateparkscentral@prt.state.sc.us>, "'carolinabirds@duke.edu'" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: hawk totals
- From: Irvin Pitts <ipitts@prt.state.sc.us>
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 16:14:32 -0500
- Cc: Charles Harrison <charrison@prt.state.sc.us>, Dawn Dawson <ddawson@prt.state.sc.us>, Caesars Head State Park <caesars_head_sp@prt.state.sc.us>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
The "official" Caesars Head Hawk Migration Totals for 2000 have been
compiled and sent to HMANA. This completes the 13th year of coverage for
this site.
Here is a summary of the results.
Hawk watchers spent 249.7 hours covering 54 days from September 2 through 27
November. The following were counted:
36 Black Vultures
954 Turkey Vultures
2 Mississippi Kites
20 Osprey (season high record)
5 Bald Eagles (season high record)
5 Northern Harriers
93 Sharp-shinned Hawks
26 Cooper's Hawks
2 Red-shouldered Hawks
8170 Broad-winged Hawks
76 Red-tailed Hawks
16 American Kestrels
1 Merlin
14 Peregrine Falcons
46 unidentified raptors
9488 Total
Season highlights included:
* 2449 hawks (2444 broad-wings) counted on September 17, 2000.
* 2180 hawks (2156 broad-wings) counted on September 23, 2000.
* 1724 hawks (1700 broad-wings) counted on September 24, 2000.
* Two seperate Mississippi kites represents the 2nd and 3rd count
records.
* 321 Turkey Vultures were counted on October 10, 2000.
* Red-tails began appearing in late October (23 counted on October 31
and 18 on November 1).
* Count total represents 3rd best count on record (10,600 birds
counted in 1996).
* Hours covered represents second best effort on record (261.1 hours
in 1995).
Many observers deserve recognition but special thanks to Jeff Catlin, Reece
Mitchell and Elizabeth Galloway for most hours observed.
Irvin Pitts, count compilor.