After a good day on March 5th (50 birds) and a rainout yesterday, today,
March 7th, was very good at College Creek Hawkwatch. Tom Armour, Bill Williams
and
I braved the ever-stengthening, cool southeast wind and were treated to a
great show of birds crossing the river. Totals were 5 Black Vultures, 73 Turkey
Vultures, 19 Ospreys, 2 immature Bald Eagles that were judged to be migrating,
among the 15-20 that were around, 1 Northern Harrier, 4 Sharp-shinned Hawks
and 2 Red-tailed Hawks. Seven species is quite good for this early in the
season. The total was 106.
Other highlights included a Tree Swallow, 12 Tundra Swans and a Red-headed
Woodpecker that stopped and sat briefly before heading northward again. From
about 12:30 to 1:30, a spectacular flight of thousands of Ring-billed Gulls
crossed the river very high.
Brian Taber
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