It's Spring '22

It is wise to post a little something in Spring or Summer to keep the site active. Even though the watch was not manned this year for spring numbers, we did do a little hawk watching from our yards. One Day in Early April we called Bill to say we were seeing several groups of Raptors moving through. Just happened to notice them, and kept a watch for a couple of hours. Bill began to watch at home and said he also had BWs moving and they were very vocal. We've had one or two more days to see Raptors, but it's obvious that Osprey and Red-shouldered are nesting already. My favorite siting from the yard this year was a Northern Harrier. It is probably the first from our yard. These numbers won't go anywhere to be recorded except as a note in my gardening journal, but it's a great memory. But on a curious note, I checked to see what others were seeing at Hawkcount.org, and happened to see a single day in the thousands on a site I never viewed before. Thousands of BWs were reported early this month moving through Rio and Texas. But to my surprise, here at the end of April/ first of May, Costa Rica has huge numbers of Raptors moving north. Here is their chart for Apr 27. Vultures were the bulk of the count, but BWs and Kites really surprised me. Cool as it can be. Have a great summer everyone:

so where ever you are - Keep Looking Up!!! C

2021 Closing chart

Final Count 2193 With the last day counted, here is the November Chart. It is closed for winter, but I will wait until the end of the year to post. (note: posting in apr 22 because I got so busy.) Hawk count Chart from Hawkcount.org

Hope everyone had Happy Holidays. Until next post. KEEP LOOKING UP Jimmy and Cynthia Wilkerson