[TN-Bird] Soddy Mtn Hawk Watch 9-21-14

From: TenacBirder@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: tn bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 00:03:35 +0000 (UTC)
Soddy Mtn Hawk Watch
Hamilton Co., Tn
Week 2 Summary

The best thing about today was our many visitors and
the release of a rehabbed Red-shouldered Hawk.

Visitors were:  Roi & Debbie Shannon; Julie Doyle; Bill
Holt; Clay Seneker; Jeffery Schaarschmidt a.k.a. S-13
then we had the folks who came to see the hawk release:
Rehabber Alix Parks and Sherry Teas; Gary & Pixie Lanham;
Adam Borchardt; Tara Clark and her son Kallen Clark.

Alix gave each person an up close look at "Athens" the
rehabbed hawk.  As He? was released by Sherry and began to 
fly away we were treated to exceptional views of the  
happiest and most photographed hawk we saw today.

Earlier in the week we had visitors I haven't mentioned.
They were Bill Haley, our mentor and Soddy Mountain Hawk 
Watch originator, and Phil and Carolyn Snow.  Carolyn spotted
a Common Nighthawk which we thought was a first sighting for
SMHW but when our records were checked we found a sighting for
2 Common Nighthawks seen on our best day ever 9/27/09.
Although not counted as raptor migrants it is nice to have 
2 records for this species.  

Raptors seen today 18 Broad-winged Hawks, 1 Sharp-shinned 
Hawk, 1 Cooper's Hawk and 2 Bald Eagles (1 adult/1 immature.)

Total numbers for week 1 and 2 follow.
2171 Broad-winged Hawks
   1 Northern Harrier
  14 Sharp-shinned Hawks
   9 Cooper's Hawks
   4 Red-shouldered Hawks...all migrants, we didn't count ATHENS
   2 Red-tailed Hawks
   1 Osprey
   1 American Kestrel
   2 Peregrine Falcons
  12 Bald Eagles (7 adult/5 immature)
   1 Unidentified Buteo
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2218 Total Year to Date

Keep Looking Up!
Jimmy & Cynthia Wilkerson
http://soddymountainhawkwatch.blogspot.com
 
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