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Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:10:29 +0000
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Greetings all - 
A hawkwatch was held at Edgewater State Park (lower and upper), just west of Cleveland, on Sunday the 10th, from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.. Twelve (12) species of raptors, including a single immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK, and fantastic numbers of Sharp-shins and kestrels, plus passerine migration, were highlights. The morning passerine flight (8 a.m. to 11 a.m.) yielded the brilliant sight of mass movement and incredible numbers of robins, flickers, swallows, and blackbirds. Species diversity was great, from Great Egret to Chimney Swift, Rusty Blackbird to Golden-crowned Kinglet, and thensome. There was almost always a steady stream of birds, from raptors to passerines, overhead, until late afternoon.
COUNT DETAILS8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Flight, west to east. Temps steadily rose from 9 a.m. to 2:30, with 80+ degrees and winds SSW at 20mph in late afternoon. Sharp-shins and kestrels moved steadily from 8 a.m. to end of day. Buteos didn't rise till after 12 noon.
Turkey Vulture: 1250Osprey: 2Northern Harrier: 9Sharp-shinned Hawk: 685Cooper's Hawk: 24Northern Goshawk: 1Red-shouldered Hawk: 2Broad-winged Hawk: 1Red-tailed Hawk: 38Rough-legged Hawk: 2American Kestrel: 428Peregrine Falcon: 1
Additional species, all migrants (majority pushing west to east):
Red-breasted Merganser: 45Wood Duck: 8Common Loon: 2Great Egret: 1Great Blue Heron: 9Double-crested Cormorant: 460Killdeer: 15Caspian Tern: 25Herring Gull: 400Ring-billed Gull: 1300Northern Flicker: 425Pileated Woodpecker: 1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: 1Belted Kingfisher: 12Chimney Swift: 4Tree Swallow: 1600Barn Swallow: 280Northern Rough-winged Swallow: 120Purple Martin: 4American Crow: 750Horned Lark: 230American Robin: 3,600warbler species: 1Golden-crowned Kinglet: 2Chipping Sparrow: 35Savannah Sparrow: 1Dark-eyed Junco: 4Eastern Meadowlark: 3Red-winged Blackbird: 8,500Common Grackle: 9,000Brown-headed Cowbird: 2,000Rusty Blackbird: xx (heard)American Goldfinch: 40
best of birding-Jen

Jen Brumfield 
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Cleveland, Ohio
330-701-6452



                                          
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