Beautiful weather on Green Ridge today. Winds out of the east, however, did
not produce the number of birds that we were hoping for. Still, those who
stayed until the end of the day were rewarded with the most diversity in
species for the day coming in the last hour, including a Northern Goshawk,
Bald Eagles, and a Harlan's Hawk (Red-tailed).
Next weekend is the last weekend of the Green Ridge Raptor Migration Count.
Hope you can join us! Maybe it will be that big weekend we've been
expecting.
Total migrating raptors counted: 103
Total species: 9 (including Turkey Vultures)
Total counters: 19 + 3 visitors
Osprey - 2
Bald Eagle - 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 43
Cooper's Hawk - 15
Northern Goshawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 23 (including 1 Harlan's Hawk)
Golden Eagle - 2
Merlin - 2
Turkey Vultures - 8
Unidentified Accipiter - 1
Unidentified Falcon - 1
Unidentified Raptor - 3
*Note: Many more raptors were seen, including a Northern Harrier, but we
don't count them unless they pass us going south.
Some of the non-raptor species seen or heard include the following:
Black-backed Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
American Robins
Williamson's Sapsucker
Townsend's Solitaire
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Chickadee
Cormorants (3)
Clark's Nutcrackers (~25)
Western Bluebirds
Evening Grosbeaks
Today's counters were Judy Franzen, Jeff Scheetz, Ken & Linda Wheeler, Jim
Danzenbaker, Peter Low, Chuck Gates, Mariena Swarens, Ian Bruce, Bill
Bradford, York Marble, Lora Minty, Joni Dawning, Michael McMann, Linda
Gilbert, Sasha Travaglio, Satch & Nancy Esperancilla, and Leanna Taylor.
