I spent about 50 minutes out in the surprisingly cold wind here this afternoon with my scope stationed on the highest sand trap in my "yard" to watch the horizon for raptors and cranes. I was rewarded with an incredible Sandhill Crane movement involving flocks of hundreds (one flock had over 300 in one kettle) that all told equaled 838 SACR (#33) moving NW in an incredibly short amount of time! To put that in perspective, the peak number of SACR I ever recorded at my folks house in WI in one day was a measly 150...
Raptors were also on the move in much smaller numbers, but I managed a dozen Red-tailed Hawks, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk (#34, #75 life), 2 Turkey Vultures (#35), 1 Bald Eagle (#36, #76 life), and a couple of Cooper's Hawks that may have been local. The only other bird of note was a Pied-billed Grebe (#37) out on the pond all by its lonesome.
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thats a sweet total Sean. I'm impressed.
ReplyDeletelooks like I totally missed out today...by the time I got home and jumped out of the car (1745), I noticed several very high flying RBGUs. Very nice raptor totals...just curious but was your RSHA an adult?
ReplyDeleteAt least you're schooling SlagHeap.
...nice demonstration on why moving out of your parents house has merit....Skye, are you paying attention?
ReplyDeleteYes, the 'shoulder was an adult. Nice looking bird! Yeah well I almost feel bad about beating down Slager early since he will be vacating his home for the bluffs of the Mississippi River in SW Wisconsin here pretty soon. But, hey I got over it!
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