Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:23:52 -0300

From:    Todd Watts NBNature Listserv
Subject: Spring hawks at Greenlaw Mt

Abundant sunshine with light to moderate SE winds drew me to Greenlaw Mt today for a quick hike and some hawk watching. Between 3:20 and 4:20 I saw the following.

5 Broad Winged Hawks
1 Rough-Legged Hawk
2 American Kestrels
1 Peregrine Falcon
1 Osprey
1 Northern Harrier
1 Sharp-Shinned Hawk
1 unidentified accipiter

This was the first time that I can remember seeing a Rough-Legged Hawk and Broad-Winged Hawks in the same day. It seemed a bit odd, but I watched the Rough-Leg for quite awhile and ruled out every other bird. All in all it wasn't a bad hour of birding. Unfortunately, most of these birds were pretty high and/or distant.

Wednesday looks like it might have some potential for hawk flights. I will try to get up Greenlaw again for a look.

Todd Watts