Hello CVWO blog readers!
My name is Katie Rittenhouse, the hawkwatch compiler at
Kiptopeke State Park, and I will be making regular posts on the blog. I am ecstatic
to be working at Kiptopeke where there are high numbers of migrating raptors along with a
variety of other avian orders. Prior to coming to work for CVWO, I was the
hawkwatcher at Bake Oven Knob, PA, an intern at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, PA, and
a seabird technician on two islands in ME.
CVWO began counting the fall migration on August 30th this year and
the raptors have begun their migration south. There have been nice flights of
Osprey and a mixture of other raptors with 11 species total thus far. A lot of song birds have also been spotted
from the hawkwatch platform, including high numbers of bobolinks, Baltimore orioles,
warblers, and swallows. Migration numbers will continue to increase as the
month progresses.
Stop by the platform to witness the migration and say hi!
~Katie
