Hawkwatch 9/11: Tweety Birds

It was a relatively slow day today demonstrated by our brief celebration at 3:00 when the count reached 100 raptors. Overcast with a light breeze, we mostly saw the usual: Red-tailed Hawks and Turkey Vultures (no Cooper's Hawks counted today!). There was some nice movement of non-raptor migrants ("tweety birds" as some hawkwatchers call them) to keep us occupied as well, including flocks of 23 White-throated Swifts, 20 Band-tailed Pigeons, and 15 Cedar Waxwings.

Anna let me play around with her fancy-DSLRey camera during the (great amounts of) downtime today. I took some picture of the non-migrant tweety birds that often hang out with us during the hawkwatch.

White-crowned sparrow.

Western scrub jay.

Total Sightings: 115

Hours Counted: 5.33
HPH: 21.58
Total Species: 6

Species Counts:
Turkey Vulture: 41
Northern Harrier: 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 1
Red-tailed Hawk: 65
American Kestrel: 4
Peregrine Falcon: 1

Unidentified...
Buteo: 1