The South Livingston Raptor Count for the fall migration of 2009 has now begun. First official day of counting began on 25th August 2009. Follow the daily movement of raptors on this blog updated daily by Peter Sherrington. If you enjoy and are inspired by what you are reading, and would consider supporting or joining RMERF, please click on Membership for details.
Monday, September 14, 2009
September 14 [Day 21] The temperature ranged from 10C to 19.5C with moderate to strong W winds all day peaking at 64 km/h at 1400. The sky was cloudless at 0800 but altocumulus, cirrus, lenticular and cumulus steadily increased throughout the day reaching 80% at 1900 and provided excellent viewing conditions most of the time. Although raptor migration stretched from 0904 to 1905, 32 of the day’s 45 migrants occurred between 1300 and 1600. The flight was again dominated by Sharp-shinned (16: 5a, 6j, 5u) and Cooper’s (a season-high 15: 1a, 11j, 3u) Hawks, and also included 2 more light morph Broad-winged Hawks (1a, 1j). Only 3 Golden Eagles (2sa, 1j) moved and it will probably take a change in the weather to induce more birds to move south, and there is presently little prospect of that happening. Passerine movement was fairly strong and varied and included 44 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 6 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 21 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 9 Townsend’s Solitaires, 2 Cedar Waxwings, 43 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 1 Townsend’s Warbler, 5 Wilson’s Warblers, 3 Chipping Sparrows, 1 Lincoln’s Sparrow (a first fall record for the ridge and the 76th bird species for the season) and 9 Oregon Juncos. Around noon a juvenile plumage Oregon Junco, which was obviously a very late fledged bird, was seen begging for and receiving food from an adult female. 12.5 hours (261.25) NOHA 2 (42), SSHA 16 (257), COHA 15 (85), BWHA 2 (31), RTHA 6 (66), GOEA 3 (44), AMKE 1 (20) TOTAL 45 (655)
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