[mou] Westskyline Hawk Count-Update 3/29

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Westskyline Hawkwatch, Duluth, MN.

Flight continues at the WSHC.=20


Today's flight was counted under mostly gray skies and westerly=20
winds15-25mph. Raptors were mostly seen out over Duluth/Superior Harbor and=20=
lake side at=20
low to medium height. The count of 226 raptor that included the following: B=
ald=20
Eagle-176, Northern Harrier-1, Sharp-shinned Hawk-3, Red-tailed Hawk-37 (adu=
lt=20
dark-1), Rough-legged Hawk-5, and Golden Eagle-4.=20
Also observed most days now are the local adult Peregrine's seen often chasi=
ng
 migrant eagles and red-tails, along with the local Bald Eagles (adults and=20
non adults) chasing other eagles out of the area. The Merlins and Cooper's=20
Hawks have been seen with the Cooper's today doing courtship flight.=20
Non-raptors included 15 Pintails, several flocks of redpolls.

Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in the hawkwatch and=20

need any information.


February 23-March 29 YTD Total

Turkey Vulture-1


Osprey-0=20


Bald Eagle-2293


Northern Harrier-3


Sharp-shinned Hawk-16


Cooper's Hawk-4


Northern Goshawk-13


Red-shouldered Hawk-1


Broad-winged Hawk-0


Red-tailed Hawk-131


Swainson's Hawk-0  =20


Rough-legged Hawk-22


Golden Eagle-85


Am. Kestrel-1


Merlin-0


Peregrine-1


TOTAL-2571


Submitted by:


            Frank Nicoletti and Dave Carman

        Duluth, Minnesota


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Hawk Watch Site: West Skyline Hawk Count

Location: West Skyline Parkway, Duluth, Minnesota 55804
GPS: Lat. N 46=E2=88=9E50'48.0" and Long. W 92=E2=88=9E01'53.5"

Coverage: Late Feb - Late May