Date: 3/22/25 5:56 am From: p c <pcollinsca48...> Subject: [AZNMbirds] SEAZ: Tubac Hawk Watch - Ron Morriss Park, Tubac, AZ 03/19/25
SEAZ: Tubac Hawk Watch - Ron Morriss Park, Tubac, AZ 03/19/25
Season 13: Episode 0319 - Migration Discord Continues
TL;DR
Migrating Raptors
Common Black Hawk 15
Zone-tailed Hawk 6
Gray Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 11
Swainson’s Hawk 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Turkey Vulture 50
Black Vulture 5
Other Raptors
Peregrine
Merlin
Another confusing migration day. Widespread discord continued among the Black Hawks. One particularly troublesome Black Hawk spent a second day making random forays from a nearby tree, carefully testing the winds favorability for migration and returning to its roost. Maybe tomorrow. Fifteen more determined Black Hawks did make their way north against the continuing chilly north winds.
Zonetail, Swanson’s and Gray Hawk numbers are gradually increasing.
The count concluded with a flurry of falcons. A Merlin and several Peregrines zipped by. I was contemplating enjoying a discounted Impossible Burger at the Green Valley Burger King on this Whopper Wednesday when a Peregrine generated a sonic boom as it raced across the north end of the park over the edge of the woodlot. An impact on the far west side of the weedy field generated a cloud of feathers as the Peregrine nabbed a whopper of a dove for dinner.
I hopped into my truck and sped off to Green Valley.
