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Beaver Mines and Steeples, March 14

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Posted on Mar 15, 2020 in Count Blog 2020 Spring, Raptor Count

Saturday, March 14 Beaver Mines (Peter Sherrington and Hilary Atkinson). No observation possible. The temperature at 0700 was -23C, the high from 1400 to 1800 was -19C and it was     -22C at 2100. Winds were NNW 10-18 km/h to 1400 after which they were E-ESE10-20 km/h and light snow fell all day. The ridge was obscured for most of the day but was visible for short periods in the afternoon when the snow became very light but prospects for raptor movement were zero. A total of 30 cm of snow fell over the last two days. Bird numbers were lower than yesterday and were 2 Downy Woodpeckers, 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 1 male Red-shafted Flicker, 2 Common Ravens, 6 Black-capped Chickadees, 8 Mountain Chickadees, 30 Pine Grosbeaks, 1 American Tree Sparrow and 22 Dark-eyed Juncos (2 cismontanus and 20 montanus). The snow stopped around midnight and it should be clear tomorrow.

 

Saturday, March 14 Beaver Mines (Vance Mattson). No observation possible. The ridges were again obscured all day.

Persistent snow again prevented any observation at Mount Lorette.

 

 

 

SUMMARY  COUNTS, SPRING 2020
  MOUNT LORETTE March 1-April 22 BEAVER MINES   Feb. 23-April 22 STEEPLES      March 1-April 22
DAYS 10 19 10
HOURS 109.1 203.5 27.75
TURKEY VULTURE (TUVU) 0 0 0
OSPREY (OSPR) 0 0 0
BALD EAGLE (BAEA) 22 104 16
NORTHERN HARRIER (NOHA) 0 1 0
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK (SSHA) 0 0 0
COOPER’S HAWK (COHA) 0 0 0
NORTHERN GOSHAWK (NOGO) 1 10 1
Accipiter sp. (UA) 0 0 0
BROAD-WINGED HAWK (BWHA) 0 0 0
SWAINSON’S HAWK (SWHA) 0 0 0
RED-TAILED HAWK (RTHA) 0 1 0
FERRUGINOUS HAWK (FEHA) 0 0 0
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK (RLHA) 1 37 0
Buteo sp. (UB) 0 0 0
GOLDEN EAGLE (GOEA) 250 259 45
Eagle sp. (UE) 0 0 0
AMERICAN KESTREL (AMKE) 0 0 0
MERLIN (MERL) 0 1 0
GYRFALCON (GYRF) 0 1 0
PEREGRINE FALCON (PEFA) 0 0 0
PRAIRIE FALCON (PRFA) 0 0 0
Falco sp. (UF) 0 0 0
Unidentified Raptor (UU) 0 0 0
       
TOTALS 274 414 62