[TN-Bird] Soddy Mountain Hawk Watch
- From: JimmWilkerson@xxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 02:23:58 EDT
Today was the best count of fall 2003 so far. It didn't come close to our
all-time high daily count of over 1,700, (2002 season), but it sure was fun.
We had scattered Broad-wings all morning, with a little over 100 by 2:00pm,
but the best was yet to come! We were treated to the biggest group of
Broad-wings we've ever seen at Soddy Mountain. About 2:10 Jim Rowell spotted a
huge
mass of over 600 Broad-winged Hawks streaming across the sky over the lookout,
coming from due east and heading west. This bunch was 25-30 hawks wide and it
stretched half way across the sky. What an awesome sight as they formed up
into 2-3 massive, towering kettles above the western horizon before finally
gliding on! It was definitely the highlight of the day. This kettle of 603
was
followed 6 minutes later by another kettle of 18. Seven minutes after that
another mass of birds was sighted streaking across the sky and we got a count
of
160 on that one. Not bad, 781 hawks in less than 15 minutes!!!
Totals for 9/25/03 Broad-winged Hawks - 915; Sharp-shinned Hawks - 2;
American Kestrel - 1.
I have an unofficial season total of 2663 Broad-winged Hawks.
Posted for Bill Haley by:
Jimmy Wilkerson
Hixson, TN.
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