Little Round Top Hawkwatch on 9/17 - 350 hawks

[Steve Mirick]

Jane and I made the trip up to Little Round Top in Bristol today.
Although no longer an "official" hawk watch site, it's a great location
to watch for moving hawks with a rich history of coverage by Susan
Fogleman.  Unfortunately, it's a 1.5 hour drive and a 15 minute STEEP
hike to the summit....otherwise we'd be up there a lot more!

We had a great morning push of about 300 hawks in a little over 30
minutes, but the rest of the time it was quite slow.  So we gave up at 1
PM after spending 3 hours up there.

Turkey Vulture  11
Osprey  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  17
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  4
Broad-winged Hawk  325     A couple of nice close kettles of close to
100 birds right over the summit.  Another big group far in the
distance.  Most of the birds came by from about 10:30 to 11:15 then it
went quiet.
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
American Kestrel  1
Peregrine Falcon  1     Adult.  One of the first birds at the site.
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  17     Migrating.
American Crow  2
Common Raven  4
Black-capped Chickadee  9
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
Cedar Waxwing  16
American Goldfinch  2
Northern Parula  3
Palm Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Steve & Jane Mirick
Bradford, MA