[texbirds] Re: Raptor Rodeo Update
- From: Cecilia-home <criley02@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "andydietrich10@xxxxxxxxx" <andydietrich10@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 20:46:02 -0600
Hey, great job Andy and Bill! Sounds like you had both a fun and successful
competition. That's a lot of raptors on a single day. Gives me hope that winter
raptor populations are doing well.
Thanks for the report. GCBO really appreciates your participation.
Life is better with birds!
Cecilia M Riley
Lake Jackson, TX
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> On Jan 23, 2014, at 8:29 PM, "Andy Dietrich" <andydietrich10@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Bill Baker and I competed in the Raptor Rodeo sponsored by Gulf Coast Bird
> Observatory to support the Smith Point Hawk Watch effort. Our team's name is
> Raptor Wranglers. We had no idea on how many raptors to expect and had a
> goal of topping 200 for the day, hoping to top Clay and Joel's posted number
> of 287.
> We picked Friday, January 17, 2014, for our rodeo start date. The day
> started at 7 am and ended at 5:45 pm. We started in Galveston County and
> progressed down the coast to Tivoli, then headed up to Hwy 77 and down
> through the southwest side of Fort Bend County and ended in Brazoria County.
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> The weather early was chilly and windy with us chasing a front's clouds to
> the coastal region for the first half of the day. The afternoon was sunny
> and warmer. We drove a total of 387 miles and spent 10 hours and 45 minutes
> rounding up raptors. We had a super great time for a good cause and blew
> our expectations away. We had a total raptor count of 348 and nine species
> with counts as follows:
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> * Red Shouldered Hawk 13
> * Kestrel 97
> * Harrier 34
> * Crested Caracara 29
> * Red Tailed Hawk 155
> * Bald Eagles 11
> * White Tailed Hawk 1
> * Osprey 3
> * White Tailed Kite 5
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> Everyone should try this event, as it provides multiple opportunities to
> view and identify raptors on the fly. We plan to participate in this event
> next year as well.
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> While taking the spin through the countryside we also got to see lots of
> White Fronted Geese, Snow Geese, and Sandhill Cranes along the way. At STP
> Nuclear Plant entrance area, we spotted a female Vermillion Flycatcher, lots
> of Pintail Ducks, and four Bald Eagles at one time in the air. In addition,
> along FM 521, we observed a group of 20 Long Billed Curlews and two Ross's
> Geese with in a group of Snows. We also saw ten tree swallows along FM 2004.
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> The eleven Bald Eagles made the day along with great fellowship and plenty
> of birds, birds, birds!
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> Andy Dietrich
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