Jimmy set a quiz for our readers a day or so ago, as soon as he had totaled all our Sept. event totals. He had discovered a Palindrome. That is - a number or word having it's left half mirror it's right half when written. In other words, the figures to the left of the center letter are exactly the reverse of the figures to the right of the center letter.
And the answer is that the Grand Total of Broad-winged Hawks we have seen thus far for all 24 seasons is a number which is a Palindrome: 61816. That is 61 thousand!!! 8 hundred and 16 BW hawks. As a portion of the total of all hawks seen, that is a little over 74.5% of our Grand Total while on the hawk watch. That total standing at 82, 924 raptors at this point.
Let me remind you, these figures will change, at season's end, when we can add more of non-broad- winged raptors. We tend to call all of the raptor species "hawks," but technically, they fall into individual categories that need to be unlumped a bit. Numbers that could change a lot are Sharp-shinned, Coopers, Red-shouldered, Red-tailed, Falcons, Vultures, Osprey...etc. anything that isn't a BW.
Bill would like to have visitors if you are truly interested. He would really love to know what is passing due to this storm pushing things this way. Any of our hawk watch friends who wish to spend a quiet hour or two over the next few days, it could be very condusive to seeing great birds.
Hope you enjoyed the quiz, and discovering where we stand at this point. NOT just the STATS. LOL
If you go up when Bill isn't there, e-mail your numbers to Jimmy at tenacbirder@comcast.net.
What an exciting season to see our OCT/NOV numbers increase. Anyone game to brave it?
KEEP LOOKING UP!!!
C
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