Seeing Rexanne Bruno's report of a Northern Harrier over Bedford County, I
thought I would report on what turned out to be an excellent hawkwatch from our
house in Charlottesville, intermittently over the day. We don't have much in
the way of vegetation, but we have plenty of sky from our front porch looking
southwest toward Dudley Mt.
I was also surprised to see a male Northern Harrier today, gliding northeast
over the house, a first from the yard. Raptors trickled through fairly
continuously through the day. Full list follows:
Broad-winged hawk – 16
Red-shouldered hawk – 1
Sharp-shinned hawk – 2
Cooper’s hawk – 2
Buteo sp? – 2
Accipiter sp? 1
Osprey – 2
Bald Eagle – 1 (adult)
Merlin – 1
Northern harrier – 1 (ad male)
The Broad-wings have been coming through in small numbers since at least
Monday. The Coops and Red-shoulder are probably our resident birds, and the
Merlin has been with us off and on all winter, and is likely the same bird
Brenda Tekin has been seeing for the past few years in downtown Charlottesville.
Good birding,
David Shoch
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