First significant signs of life this season from the Charlottesville raptor
front ...
A few hours at the home hawkwatch today found some movement in advance of the
oncoming weather system, mostly between 11 am and 1 pm:
1 male Northern Harrier (also another bird seen yesterday)
8 Sharp-shinned Hawks
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
3 Red-tailed Hawks
2 American Kestrels
3 Unid raptors
Also 3 Common Loons passing high overhead were a nice surprise.
http://www.smugmug.com/Other/Belmont-Valley-raptors/11786585_qq8aF#1229281310_QXLuk
Good birding,
David Shoch
Charlottesville, Virginia
