Tuesday, March 18, 2003

Weekend hawk movement at Maumee Bay
From an e-mail sent to me by a birding friend, who was on the tower with me on Saturday until about 4:00 P.M.
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I went to Maumee Bay after leaving Magee and it they were still moving until 5:00
Yesterday's count @ Maumee Bay:
shoulders-86
tails---------84
golden------01
coops-------14
sharpies---06
kestrels----04
balds--------04
cranes------09

Today's count @ Maumee Bay:
approx. 850 hawks
shoulders-96
TV's-----------600? and 100+ uncounted roosting in trees for tomorrow
Lapland Longspurs-7400
Woodcocks------------15?
2+ hrs. of continuous Blackbirds including one flock of 50,000+

Needless to say Maumee Bay was very good this weekend