There have only been 8 days of more than 100 birds at College Creek
Hawkwatch over the 11 seasons, so today's (March 22) total of 95 was excellent.
The
warm, southerly air mass brought a nice variety (8 species), though still
mostly Turkey Vultures at this time of the season. The third week of March is
typically very good at the site. After this, the hawks will build up more and
the Turkey Vulture numbers will drop off.
Bill Williams and I tallied, over 2 1/2 hours: 1 Black Vulture, 82 Turkey
Vultures, 5 Ospreys, 1 Bald Eagle, 2 Northern Harriers, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk,
2 Red-tailed Hawks and 1 American Kestrel.....more than 60 of the birds
crossed the river in a little over 30 minutes.
There were also hundreds of Tree Swallows and dozens of Bonaparte's Gulls.
Brian Taber
College Creek Hawkwatch is a program of Coastal Virginia Wildlife
Observatory and is located on the James River, just east of Williamsburg.
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