October 11 2014 Kiptopeke Hawk Watch Big Sit

The Big Sit at the Kiptopeke hawkwatch started out with heavy early morning rain. The remainder of the day was overcast with intermittent drizzle. Due to these unfavorable conditions, the total for the Big Sit was only 52 species. Thank you to Bob Anderson, Ellison Orcutt, Brian Sullivan, Thuy Tran and Brian Taber for their help with the Big Sit. 

 

The 52 species from the October 11^th Big Sit:

Canada Goose
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Northern Parula
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warble
Blackpoll Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Chipping Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting

A Peregrine Falcon visited the platform on Sunday, with Falconer Sharon Montgomery from "Flight of the Falcon"