Stats from the Past

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Above are the stats from years 1993 to 2004, scanned from the brochure
SODDY MOUNTAIN HAWK LOOKOUT
printed here by permission of
compiler and author, Bill Haley.
Thanks Bill.

(Double click on the chart to bring up all columns, including Totals, Hours and Days)

Notice one outstanding year for Broad-winged hawks under the column (BW) for the year 2002.  The total seen in this fall count were 5073, the largest number seen from our site until that date.  We are presently having one of those banner years for Broad-wings, but many of the other species seem in short supply as of September 26, 2012. 

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This year may not be manned for many hours past the September season to record movement of Red-tails, Red-shoulders and Vultures whose species will migrate in October and November. (See schedule on the SPECIES page.)   We hope that among the Hawk lovers, persons, with fresh sets of eyes, will fall in love with Hawk Watching to the extent we have, and find this hobby to be worth their while. Dedicating even a couple of years of time leads to an ongoing account of the health of Eastern Hawk populations.  And it is just plain fun. But to all who just love to see the birds and know more about them - Happy Hawk Watching!!  Click on charts to open them full size:

GRAND TOTALS THROUGH 2013 FALL SEASON:
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS - 49,399
ALL RAPTORS - 69,425
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Note: In the above charts, low numbers in comparison with traditionally higher counts, does not mean there were fewer birds flying through on migration, necessarily.  It  usually means fewer hours were being spent by hawk-watchers  at the site.  (Due to illness or work schedules, or numbers of watchers available at the time.)

As of September 18, 2014, 9:49 am, we crossed the 50,000 mark
for Broad-winged Hawks counted in fall from this site.

2014 is in the Books

 Season Totals, as seen in chart below: 3352

GRAND TOTALS THROUGH 2014 FALL SEASON:
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS - 52,273
ALL RAPTORS - 72,777

At count's end, it was obvious that we had crossed the mark of 70,000 Raptors,
in the ALL RAPTORS category, counted in fall from this site.
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As of September 26, 2015, 6:00 pm, we closed the day with
60,027 Broad-winged Hawks counted in fall from this site.

GRAND TOTALS AT SEASON'S END 2015:
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS - 60,408
ALL RAPTORS - 81,395

At count's end we had crossed the mark of 80,000 Raptors, in the
ALL RAPTORS category, counted in fall from this site.

2015 is in the Books

 Season Totals as seen in chart below: 8618

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GRAND TOTALS AT SEASON'S END 2016:
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS - 61,816
ALL RAPTORS - 83,537

2016 is a Wrap

 Season Total as seen in chart below: 2142

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2017 Finals

The September event closed on the 30th with the following record -
BWs  64,088
All Raptors 85,902

GRAND TOTALS AT SEASON'S END 2017:
AS OF 12/12/2017
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS - 64,095
ALL RAPTORS - 86,617

Season Total as seen in chart below: 2928

(copied from Hawkcount.org)
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2018 Is "Water Under the Bridge"

Last season was newsworthy due to the number of fires across the ridgelines north and south of the watch. This year was notable for the amount of rain, causing floods in Soddy Daisy below the lookout, and record amounts of rain for the year and the month.

September closed on the 30th with the following record:
BW's +3473  ~  67,568
All Raptors + 3546  ~  90,163

Crossed the 90,000 GT for all seasons on Oct. 30, 2018
with a 332 Raptor total for the day.

GRAND TOTALS AT SEASON'S END 2018:
AS OF 12/31/18
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS - 67,738
ALL RAPTORS - 91,141

Season total raptors as recorded in chart below: 4524

(copied from Hawkcount.org)
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