Daily Counts, September 1999
High Gap Hawk Watch · Kittatinny Ridge
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Here is every bird we counted in September, day by day, as the lead counters reported them to
me. Counts run 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. unless noted. A zero means we looked hard and didn't see one.
Below the table are the totals, with the second half of August added in and last year's numbers
for the same dates.
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KEY: TV = Turkey Vulture · OS = Osprey · BE = Bald Eagle ·
NH = Northern Harrier · SS = Sharp-shinned Hawk · CH = Cooper's Hawk ·
RT = Red-tailed Hawk · BW = Broad-winged Hawk · AK = American Kestrel ·
ML = Merlin · PF = Peregrine Falcon · Tot = all species
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| Day |
TV |
OS |
BE |
NH |
SS |
CH |
RT |
BW |
AK |
ML |
PF |
Tot |
| Wed 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Thu 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| Fri 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| Sat 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 101 |
| Sun 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Mon 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Tue 7 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 140 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 171 |
| Wed 8 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 233 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 277 |
| Thu 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 126 |
| Fri 10 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 412 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 469 |
| Sat 11 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 688 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 761 |
| Sun 12 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 351 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 400 |
| Mon 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
| Tue 14 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 133 |
| Wed 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Thu 16 | Rained out (Floyd) | - |
| Fri 17 | 11 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1366 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1483 |
| Sat 18 | 14 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 4212 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 4364 |
| Sun 19 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 987 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1093 |
| Mon 20 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 268 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 347 |
| Tue 21 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 133 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 198 |
| Wed 22 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 104 |
| Thu 23 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 77 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 195 |
| Fri 24 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 164 |
| Sat 25 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 72 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 169 |
| Sun 26 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 109 |
Totals
September, the end of August, the season so far, and last year to the same date (through September 26, 1998).
| Species | Sept. | Aug. 15-31 | 1999 | 1998 |
| Turkey Vulture | 139 | 38 | 177 | 164 |
| Osprey | 365 | 61 | 426 | 402 |
| Bald Eagle | 39 | 14 | 53 | 41 |
| Northern Harrier | 46 | 9 | 55 | 52 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 502 | 11 | 513 | 588 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 42 | 3 | 45 | 47 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 27 | 6 | 33 | 31 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 9,514 | 97 | 9,611 | 10,476 |
| American Kestrel | 349 | 42 | 391 | 371 |
| Merlin | 20 | 1 | 21 | 17 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 11 | 0 | 11 | 9 |
| All raptors | 11,054 | 282 | 11,336 | 12,198 |
Notes on the Days
| Date | What happened |
| Sept. 4 | Labor Day weekend crowd of about sixty, and a merlin to show them. Gary had to give the "please lower your voices" talk twice. |
| Sept. 6 | Labor Day. Hot, hazy and a south wind, which is the worst. Twenty-two birds all day. |
| Sept. 10-12 | A cold front and three good days in a row. First real kettles of broad-wings on the 11th, and our first peregrine. |
| Sept. 13-15 | South winds and haze while Floyd came up the coast. On the 15th the clouds thickened all morning, and William stayed until 1:00 and then came down ahead of the rain. |
| Sept. 16 | Floyd. Rain all day and all night. No count. |
| Sept. 17 | Clearing and windy behind the storm. Gary counted 1,366 broad-wings alone until his wife came up at noon to help, and he says she saved his thumb. |
| Sept. 18 | THE BIG DAY. 4,212 broad-wings, 4,364 birds in all. Northwest wind 10 to 15, clear, 61 degrees at noon. Best hour 12-1 with 1,630 birds. See the home page. |
| Sept. 19 | Nearly a thousand more broad-wings. Rita and Lori said their necks hurt. Nobody felt sorry for them. |
| Sept. 22 | Low clouds on the ridge until 11. William counted from 11 to 4. |
| Sept. 23-26 | The sharpies have arrived. 72 on the 25th, our best so far. Kestrels coming steadily, and a merlin chased a sharp-shinned past the rocks on the 24th, which got everybody up off their cushions. |
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Last updated Sunday, September 26, 1999, 8:40 p.m.
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