I find the hawk watch reports very useful to understanding when our
summer and winter eagle populations come and go. Records show that
golden eagle migration is generally later than bald eagle migration.
This year, judging from numbers reported in the hawk watches, golden
eagles seem to be a bit behind most years. Last year "Virgil Caine," the
GOEA outfitted with telemetry in Highland County, made a serious jump
south on September 27. This year, ,although she drifted south at the end
of September, it wasn't until Monday October 19, she was obviously
headed to her winter home. She was already there by October 10 last
year. I'd been concerned if the hawk watch postings had shown larger
numbers of GOEA migrating earlier. So far only two reported this fall-
one by Mendota on 9/27 and one by Seaside on 9/29.
I'd suggest anyone finding the hawk watch numbers boring simply delete,
not open the files. They are clearly labeled.
Please report eagles sighted in western Virginia counties to me here:
hevener@xxxxxxxxxx
We are VERY interested in locating new eagle nests in Virginia's most
western counties. You may visit the CCB Virginia Eagle site
http://www.ccb-wm.org/virginiaeagles/index.htm to see which ones have
been located.
Sandy
Sandy Hevener/Patti Reum
Highland Eagle Survey
Blue Grass, VA 24413
http://highlandeaglewatch.blogspot.com/
Patrick Toomey wrote:
Is it only me or are others tired of our list server being dominated every fall by mundane, tedious, less than fascinating daily informational lists about EVERY hawk watch imaginable in Virginia? Don't get me wrong, I like hawk watches; have been a volunteer hawk watcher, go to them all of the time. The info is valuable for scientists. I just think that the daily deluge about 14 more merlins having been being seen somewhere adds very little of interest for most of the regular users of this site. Perhaps next year there could be a 'sister/brother' site where ALL of the Virginia hawk watch info is displayed rather than cluttering up this one. Just my 'two cents' worth.
Patrick Toomey
3103 Mollifield Lane
Charlottesville, Virginia 22911
ptoomeyjr@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:ptoomeyjr@xxxxxxxxx>
(434) 974-6401
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