Hawk watching

[sardog1]

For those who are interested (Rankin, I'm talkin' to you right now ), here's the NorthEast Hawk Watch site. Maps of hawk-watching locations plus field reports. I would add Mount Agamenticus in York, ME, and Mount Major in Alton, NH, to their list. Anyone got any other sites?

 

[Puck]

For those who are interested (Rankin, I'm talkin' to you right now ), here's the NorthEast Hawk Watch site. Maps of hawk-watching locations plus field reports. I would add Mount Agamenticus in York, ME, and Mount Major in Alton, NH, to their list. Anyone got any other sites?

Do you know if there is a team in York that gives Mt Agamenticus full coverage during the migration period.

I belong to New Haven Bird club that has somebody at the lighthouse point watch every day. Something to look forward to when I retire.

Off topic...if you are eve in th eneighborhood Duluth Minnesota is one of the best spots in North America.

 

[gooly]

I did see a boatload of "birders" on the top of Wachusett on 9/17. I guess that must be a great viewing area due to the volume of people that was there. they seemed to see a bunch migratory birds as well.

 

[Maddy]

What time of day is the best time to go.
Don't they do this migration thing off Skinner Mt as well???

 

[sardog1]

Do you know if there is a team in York that gives Mt Agamenticus full coverage during the migration period.

I belong to New Haven Bird club that has somebody at the lighthouse point watch every day. Something to look forward to when I retire.

Off topic...if you are eve in th eneighborhood Duluth Minnesota is one of the best spots in North America.

I don't know of anybody covering Mount A, but there could be without my knowledge. From past years, I know that this would be a good week to make the trip.

I was born in Duluth. Here's a great article about Hawk Ridge from this month's Minnesota DNR "Conservation Volunteer":
Where Raptors Soar . If you're into raptors, it's worth the trip.

Maddy,

I don't think there's a best time of day. It has more to do with cold front timing and the birds' use of thermals to glide down the coast.

 

[Tom Rankin]

For those who are interested (Rankin, I'm talkin' to you right now ), here's the NorthEast Hawk Watch site. Maps of hawk-watching locations plus field reports. I would add Mount Agamenticus in York, ME, and Mount Major in Alton, NH, to their list. Anyone got any other sites?

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

Thanks, Laurie will appreciate this!

 

[bikehikeskifish]

If you are reading this thread, then then following story may be of interest to you.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94565967

The Magic Hedge: Haven For A Lost Bird In Chicago

by Julie Zickefoose

All Things Considered, September 22, 2008 · It's fall migration time. Songbirds are pouring out of Canada on the way to their tropical wintering grounds. They fly through field, forest and treacherous city alike, headed south.

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Tim

 

[Maddy]

Thanks Sardog.
Hawks are soooo amazing!

 

[Tom Rankin]

If you are reading this thread, then then following story may be of interest to you.

What if I am not reading this thread?

 

[moonrock]

Anybody else see "Raptor Force" on the PBS show "Nature" last Sunday ?
Awesome flight footage included owls and perigrine falcons, plus a flight minicam mounted on (trained) falcon !
Interesting comparisons to modern military aerodynamics as well.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/raptor-force/introduction/1109/

MR