[texbirds] Fwd: Smith Point HW, 12 Sep
- From: Susan Heath <sheath@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:39:50 -0500
>> From: Tony leukering <greatgrayowl@xxxxxxx>
>> Date: September 12, 2012 4:39:00 PM CDT
>> To: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Smith Point HW, 12 Sep
>>
>> Hi all:
>>
>> Thunderstorms were the big player today, with many in view for most of the
>> day from the time of my arrival this AM (7:15). Were it not for two spans
>> of 10 minutes each, the total count today would have been one -- a single
>> Sharpie. However, 6 juv Broad-wingeds and single juv Mississippi and
>> Sharpie tested the air around 10:30 and another juv Sharpie and an American
>> Kestrel were notched shortly before 2:45. That was just before the bird of
>> the day went south past the tower and was lost to sight way out over the
>> Bay: the first White-tailed Kite of the count season (an adult; photos).
>>
>> While a large pack of swallows (120 Barns and a handful of Cliff, Bank, and
>> Purple Martin and one Tree Swallow) was around most of the day foraging,
>> shortly before 2 pm, a huge flight of west-bound swallows began. I got a
>> few clickers out and, with a weather eye out for raptors to the north, began
>> clicking off the swallows that I could ID naked eye. Some 1500+ swallows
>> went past, with the majority being Cliff Swallows (outnumbering Barns about
>> 5:3), of which I tallied 246 by the time I left at 4:00; the flight was
>> still going on, with Cliffs going right by my trailer when I got there.
>>
>> The forecast does not look promising for tomorrow, but the word 'north' is
>> involved in the forecast later in the week.
>>
>> Enjoy,
>>
>> Tony Leukering
>> Villas, NJ
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