Date: 10/17/24 3:52 pm
From: <reports...>
Subject: [NHBirds] Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory (17 Oct 2024) 44 Raptors
Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory
Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 17, 2024
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 5 77 85
Osprey 0 28 193
Bald Eagle 2 30 129
Northern Harrier 0 16 98
Sharp-shinned Hawk 21 257 960
Cooper's Hawk 6 40 127
American Goshawk 0 4 7
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 22 40
Broad-winged Hawk 0 8 3042
Red-tailed Hawk 4 21 43
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 3 4
American Kestrel 1 17 175
Merlin 1 41 111
Peregrine Falcon 0 20 35
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 6
Unknown Buteo 0 3 9
Unknown Falcon 0 0 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 1 20 41

Total: 44 609 5108
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours

Official Counter: Caroline Fegley

Observers: Glen, Lori, and Alan Chretien, Tom Momeyer

Visitors:
143


Weather:
Clear views of the snowcapped Mt. Washington and Lafayette under blue
skies. Very light winds from the N, shifting a little E or W during some
hours. 0-7 C (32-45 F).

Raptor Observations:
Migrants surprisingly held off for the first few hours. Many raptors were
very distant, but we did have a midday male kestrel perched in a spruce at
the front of the hawkwatch, and a late-day sharp-shinned got within a few
feet of Lori Chretien in a chaotically fast pass through the hawkwatch.

Nonmigrants: 1 turkey vulture, 1 red-shoulder, 1 redtail

Non-raptor Observations:
Not much raven activity, only 17 seen. 2 crows, 8 bluejays, 7 juncos, 2
chickadees, 1 golden-crowned kinglet, 1 goldfinch, 8 yellow-rumped
warblers, 1 red-breasted nuthatch, 1 ruby-crowned kinglet, 1 eastern
bluebird, 1 common loon, 18 cedar waxwings, 40 canada geese, and 1 monarch
seeming to struggle to find lift and stopping on a low spruce branch for a
few moments.

Predictions:
On this day in Pack history...
"2018: Just the start of a record year for Golden Eagles. Chad Witco:
""Without question, the highlight to today's raptor showing is the
continued presence of Golden Eagles migrating past the platform. With two
confirmed individuals on today's count, there have officially been 7 Golden
Eagles observed at Pack over the last three days (3, 2, and 2
respectively). This marks the greatest 3-day showing of Golden Eagles in
the history of organized hawk watching at this site since 2003! The closest
any stretch of three days has come was in 2006 when between October 30th
and November 1st a total of 6 Goldens were observed (3, 1, and 2). However,
this stretch in 2006 added an additional 3 Goldens on November 3rd,
resulting in 9 individuals over the course of a 5 day stretch. On a quick
glimpse, it appears as if 2010 also had a decent showing with 4 individuals
being seen over the course of 4 days (1 each day) between October 28th and
November 1st. Will tomorrow continue this historic streak of Golden Eagles?
Or will the flood gates close? Beyond the spectacle of Golden Eagles, today
provided a nice mid-October showing with 9 confirmed raptor species
migrating."
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Report submitted by Caroline Fegley (<cgfegley...>)
Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory information may be found at:
www.harriscenter.org


More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=320


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