LIFE AS A YOUNG BIRDER: Redtails, redtails, redtails....and some Goldens!

Monday, November 8, 2010

Redtails, redtails, redtails....and some Goldens!

Hawk watching was very, very cold this weekend, but still lots of fun. Being the second weekend of November, it wasnt suprising that 90% of the hawks migrating past were Red-tailed Hawks. Other raptors of the weekend inlcuded 5 Golden Eagles on Friday and 2 on Saturday; 5 Red-shouldered Hawks on Saturday; and Sharp-shinned Hawks, Cooper's Hawks, Bald Eagles, and Northern Harriers throughout the weekend. Below are some photos I took on Sunday of a migrating juvenile Red-tailed Hawk.

Red-tailed Hawk (juvenile)

On another note, Anna and I found another Black Scoter at Shawnee State Park on Sunday morning!

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2010 Year List (Lifers marked with **)

447. Harlequin Duck** - Nov. 20
446. Great Cormorant - Nov. 20
445. Atlantic Brant - Nov. 19
444. American Bittern - Nov. 19
443. White-winged Scoter - Nov. 16
442. golden eagle - Oct. 28
441. red-necked grebe** - Oct. 22
440. Northern Saw-whet Owl - October 9
439. Lincoln's sparrow - September 24
438. gray-cheeked thrush** - September 24
437. yellow-bellied flycatcher** - September 16
436. American woodcock - September 16
435. worm-eating warbler - September 3
434. black-throated blue warbler - September 2
433. Nashville warbler - August 31
432. Philadelphia Vireo** - August 31
431. bay-breasted warbler - August 30
430. ruffed grouse - Auguts 29
429. least flycatcher - August 28
428. blue-winged warbler - August 27
427. northern waterthrush - August 27
426. Canada warbler - August 26
425. black-throated green warbler - August 26
424. golden-winged warbler - August 26
423. Tennessee warbler - August 26
422. yellow-headed blackbird
421. eastern meadowlark
420. Lawrence's goldfinch
419. black-tailed gnatcatcher
418. pygmy nuthatch
417. mountain chickadee
416. violet-green swallow
415. American black-billed magpie
414. yellow-throated vireo
413. willow flycatcher
412. long-billed dowitcher
411. Arizona woodpecker
410. red-masked parakeet
409. chimney swift
408. semi-palmated sandpiper
407. dunlin
406. lesser yellowlegs
405. red-breasted merganser
404. black-bellied whistling-duck
403. green heron
402. snowy egret
401. neotropical cormorant
400. blackburnian warbler - August 25
399. chestnut-sided warbler - August 25
398. Cape May warbler - August 25
397. upland sandpiper - August 15
396. Mississippi kite - August 15
395. Cordilleran flycatcher** - August 5
394. bridled titmouse** - June 22
393. spotted dove** - August 2
392. Cassin's auklet** - August 1
391. red-necked phalarope - August 1
390. Black Storm-Petrel** - August 1
389. parasitic jaeger** - August 1
388. Northern Fulmar** - August 1
387. pink-footed shearwater** - August 1
386. surfbird** - July 31
385. black turnstone** - July 31
384. wandering tattler** - July 31
383. tricolored blackbird** - July 30
382. chestnut-backed chickadee** - July 30
381. Baird's sandpiper** - July 30
380. common murre** - July 30
379. sooty shearwater** - July 30
378. Pacific loon** - July 30
377. pigeon guillemot** - July 30
376. yellow-billed magpie** - July 30
375. rufous hummingbird - July 30
374. warbling vireo - July 30
373. Wilson's warbler - July 30
372. Nuttal's woodpecker** - July 30
371. pacific-slope flycatcher** - July 30
370. spotted owl** - July 29
369. lazuli bunting** - July 23
368. western screech owl** - July 20
367. black tern - July 7
366. yellow-footed gull** - July 7
365. Wilson's phalarope - July 7
364. Brandt's cormorant** - July 6
363. California thrasher** - July 5
362. wrentit** - July 5
361. Heermann's gull** - July 5
360. black oystercatcher** - July 5
359. Allen's hummingbird - July 5
358. orange-crowned warbler** - July 5
357. elegant tern** - July 5
356. western gull - July 4
355. California quail** - July 4
354. California towhee** - July 4
353. Brewer's blackbird** - July 4
352. pinyon jay** - July 4
351. mountain quail** - July 4
350. western scrub jay** - July 4
349. oak titmouse** - July 3
348. Botteri's sparrow** - June 23
347. varied bunting** - June 23
346. five-striped sparrow** - June 22
345. dusky-capped flycatcher** - June 22
344. plumbeous vireo** - June 22
343. elegant trogon** - June 22
342. northern beardless-tyrannulet** - June 21
341. olive-sided flycatcher** - June 21
340. gray hawk** - June 21
339. violet-crowned hummingbird** - June 21
338. Cassin's kingbird** - June 21
337. thick-billed kingbird** - June 21
336. phainopepla** - June 21
335. red-faced warbler** - June 21
334. painted redstart** - June 21
333. sulphur-bellied flycatcher** - June 21
332. canyon towhee** - June 20
331. spotted towhee - June 20
330. Lucifer hummingbird** - June 20
329. Berylline hummingbird** - June 20
328. white-eared hummingbird** - June 20
327. broad-billed hmmingbird** - June 20
326. band-tailed pigeon** - June 20
325. white-throated swift** - June 20
324. hepatic tanager** - June 20
323. Mexican jay** - June 20
322. northern goshawk - June 20
321. Scott's oriole** - June 20
320. blue-throated hummingbird** - June 20
319. magnificent hummingbird** - June 20
318, juniper titmouse** - June 20
317. Hutton's vireo** - June 20
316. yellow-eyed junco** - June 20
315. Mexican chickadee** - June 20
314. olive warbler** - June 20
313. Lucy's warbler** - June 19
312. western tanager - June 18
311. Crissal thrasher** - June 17
310. Bullock's oriole - June 15
309. least bittern - June 11
308. California gull - June 11
307. long-billed curlew - June 11
306. western grebe - June 11
305. eared grebe - June 11
304. Anna's hummingbird** - June 11
303. canyon wren** - June 10
302. yellow warbler - June 10
301. Clark's grebe** - June 9
300. cinnamon teal** - June 8
299. western meadowlark - June 8
298. Say's phoebe - June 8
297. American avocet - June 8
296. ruddy ground-dove** - June 8
295. gilded woodpecker** - June 8
294. curve-billed thrasher** - June 8
293. Costa's hummingbird** - June 8
292. hooded oriole** - June 8
291. bronzed cowbird - June 8
290. brown-crested flycatcher** - June 8
289. Abert's towhee** - June 8
288. cactus wren** - June 7
287. gila woodpecker** - June 7
286. Chihuahuan raven** - June 7
285. Stellar's jay - June 7
284. Cassin's vireo** - June 7
283. black-headed grosbeak** - June 7
282. Grace's warbler** - June 7
281. bushtit** - June 7
280. western bluebird** - June 7
279. black-throated gray warbler - June 7
278. acorn woodpecker** - June 7
277. greater roadrunner** - June 7
276. burrowing owl - June 7
275. broad-tailed hummingbird - June 7
274. white-tailed kite - June 7
273. Gambel's quail** - June 7
272. Harris's hawk** - June 7
271. cave swallow - June 6
270. western kingbird - June 6
269. zone-tailed hawk** - June 6
268. Bell's vireo - June 6
267. yellow-throated vireo - June 6
266. green kingfisher - June 6
265. rufous-crowned sparrow** - June 6
264. pyrrhuloxia** - June 6
263. black-throated sparrow** - June 6
262. white-winged dove - June 6
261. western wood-pewee** - June 6
260. ash-throated flycatcher** - June 6
259. golden-fronted woodpecker** - June 6
258. ladder-backed woodpecker** - June 6
257. inca dove** - June 6
256. black-chinned hummingbird** - June 6
255. lesser goldfinch** - June 6
254. Bewick's wren** - June 6
253. verdin** - June 6
252. painted bunting** - June 6
251. lesser nighthawk** - June 6
250. black-crested titmouse** - June 6
249. lark sparrow - June 6
248. black phoebe** - June 6
247. vermillion flycatcher** - June 6
246. dickcissel - June 5
245. great-tailed grackle - June 5
244. Swainson's hawk - June 5
243. common nighthawk - June 5
242. cliff swallow - June 5
241. scissor-tailed flycatcher** - June 5
240. Wilson's storm-petrel - May 31
239. least tern - May 30
238. piping plover - May 30
237. red knot - May 30
236. hooded warbler - May 29
235. eastern wood-pewee - May 29
234. Swainson's warbler** - May 29
233. black-necked stilt - May 28
232. brown-headed nuthatch - May 28
231. marbled godwit - May 23
230. common eider - May 22
229. common tern - May 22
228. American redstart - May 12
227. magnolia warbler - May 12
226. grasshopper sparrow - May 7
225. red-eyed vireo - May 7
224. yellow-billed cuckoo - May 6
223. bank swallow - May 4
222. scarlet tanager - May 4
221. orchard oriole - May 3
220. yellow-breasted chat - May 3
219. blackpoll warbler - May 3
218. northern parula - May 3
217. indigo bunting - May 3
216. summer tanager - May 2
215. blue grosbeak - May 2
214. solitary sandpiper - May 2
213. gull-billed tern - May 1
212. seaside sparrow** - Apr. 25
211. Nelson's sharp-tailed sparrow** - Apr. 25
210. spotted sandpiper - Apr. 24
209. clapper rail - Apr. 24
208. chuck-wills-widow** - Apr. 24
207. whimbrel - Apr. 24
206. bobwhite - Apr. 24
205. bobolink - Apr. 23
204. great-crested flycatcher - Apr. 23
203. prothonotary warbler** - Apr. 23
202. prairie warbler** - Apr. 23
201. barn swallow - Apr. 21
200. barn owl - Apr. 18
199. gray jay - Apr. 18
198. purple finch - Apr. 17
197. pine siskin - Apr. 17
196. northern hawk-owl** - Apr. 17
195. sharp-tailed grouse - Apr. 17
194. great gray owl** - Apr. 17
193. red-breasted nuthatch - Apr. 16
192. winter wren - Apr. 16
191. trumpeter swan - Apr. 16
190. broad-winged hawk - Apr. 11
189. house wren - Apr. 10
188. short-eared owl - Mar. 31
186. gadwall - Mar. 31
185. chipping sparrow - Mar. 29
184. red crossbill - Mar. 27
183. ring-necked duck - Mar. 16
182. green-winged teal - Mar. 16
181. northern pintail - Mar. 16
180. ruby-throated hummingbird - Mar. 13
179. black scoter - Mar. 13
178. red-throated loon** - Mar. 13
177. hooded merganser - Mar. 12
176. purple sandpiper** - Mar. 12
175. field sparrow - Mar. 12
174. Bonaparte's gull - Mar. 12
173. western sandpiper - Mar. 12
172. northern gannet - Mar. 11
171. white-faced ibis - Mar. 11
170. purple gallinule - Mar. 11
169. limpkin - Mar. 11
168. crested caracara - Mar. 11
167. glossy ibis - Mar. 10
166. red-cockaded woodpecker** - Mar. 10
165. pine warbler - Mar. 10
164. ovenbird - Mar. 9
163. Louisianna waterthrush - Mar. 9
162. Baltimore oriole - Mar. 9
161. yellow-throated warbler - Mar. 9
160. marsh wren - Mar. 8
159. Florida scrub jay** - Mar. 8
158. roseate spoonbill - Mar. 7
157. American oystercatcher - Mar. 7
156. osprey - Mar. 7
155. brown pelican - Mar. 7
154. double-crested cormorant - Mar. 7
153. greater yellowlegs - Mar. 7
152. saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow - Mar. 7
151. swallow-tailed kite - Mar. 7
150. whooping crane - Mar. 6
149. eastern kingbird - Mar. 6
148. sandhill crane - Mar. 6
147. common yellowthroat - Mar. 6
146. pectoral sandpiper - Mar. 6
145. black skimmer - Mar. 6
144. American white pelican - Mar. 6
143. white-eyed vireo** - Mar. 6
142. ruby-crowned kinglet - Mar. 6
141. eastern phoebe - Mar. 6
140. black-crowned night-heron - Mar. 6
139. purple martin - Mar. 6
138. yellow-crowned night-heron - Mar. 6
137. tree swallow - Mar. 6
136. blue-winged teal - Mar. 5
135. short-billed dowitcher - Mar. 5
134. ruddy turnstone - Mar. 5
133. Wilson's plover - Mar. 5
132. snowy plover** - Mar. 5
131. Forster's tern - Mar. 5
130. reddish egret - Mar. 5
129. common ground-dove** - Mar. 5
128. brown thrasher - Mar. 5
127. redhead - Mar. 5
126. Caspian tern - Mar. 5
125. black-hooded parakeet** - Mar. 5
124. black-bellied plover - Mar. 5
123. royal tern - Mar. 5
122. great egret - Mar. 5
121. boat-tailed grackle - Mar. 5
120. least sandpiper - Mar. 5
119. semi-palmated plover - Mar. 5
118. sanderling - Mar. 5
117. white ibis - Mar. 5
116. willet - Mar. 5
115. tricolored heron - Mar. 5
114. laughing gull - Mar. 5
113. cattle egret - Mar. 5
112. northern rough-winged swallow - Mar. 5
111. palm warbler - Mar. 5
110. black-and-white warbler - Mar. 5
109. blue-headed vireo - Mar. 5
108. blue-gray gnatcatcher - Mar. 5
107. common moorhen - Mar. 5
106. wood stork - Mar. 5
105. short-tailed hawk** - Mar. 5
104. mottled duck** - Mar. 5
103. anhinga - Mar. 5
102. little blue heron - Mar. 5
101. varied thrush** - Feb. 24
100. fox sparrow - Feb. 19
99. American wigeon - Feb. 18
98. hairy woodpecker - Feb. 15
97. savannah sparrow - Feb. 14
96. great horned owl - Feb. 14
95. red-headed woodpecker - Feb. 14
94. American pipit - Feb. 11
93. Lapland longspur** - Feb. 3
92. mute swan - Feb. 1
91. ring-necked pheasant - Jan. 30
90. vesper sparrow - Jan. 30
89. sharp-shinned hawk - Jan. 29
88. swamp sparrow - Jan. 29
87. wood duck - Jan. 29
86. rough-legged hawk - Jan. 29
85. barred owl - Jan. 22
84. Eurasian collared-dove - Jan. 20
83. eastern screech owl - Jan. 20
82. Wilson's snipe - Jan. 17
81. loggerhead shrike - Jan. 17
80. merlin - Jan 17
79. wild turkey - Jan. 13
78. yellow-rumped warbler - Jan. 10
77. pileated woodpecker - Jan 10
76. cedar waxwing - Jan. 10
75. horned lark - Jan. 10
74. snow bunting** - Jan. 10
73. eastern towhee - Jan. 10
72. gray catbird - Jan. 9
71. yellow-bellied sapsucker - Jan. 9
70. hermit thrush - Jan. 9
69. cackling goose - Jan. 9
68. red-shouldered hawk - Jan. 9
67. brown creeper - Jan. 9
66. peregrine falcon - Jan. 9
65. brown-headed cowbird - Jan. 7
64. common grackle - Jan. 7
63. rusty blackbird - Jan. 7
62. red-winged blackbird - Jan. 7
61. white-crowned sparrow - Jan. 7
60. golden-crowned kinglet - Jan. 7
59. Carolina wren - Jan. 7
58. Carolina chickadee - Jan. 7
57. fish crow - Jan. 7
56. northern flicker - Jan. 7
55. hairy woodpecker - Jan. 7
54. red-bellied woodpecker - Jan. 7
53. belted kingfisher - Jan. 7
52. great black-backed gull - Jan. 7
51. herring gull - Jan. 7
50. ring-billed gull - Jan. 7
49. killdeer - Jan. 7
48. American coot - Jan. 7
47. northern harrier - Jan. 7
46. bald eagle - Jan. 7
45. black vulture - Jan. 7
44. great blue heron - Jan. 7
43. horned grebe - Jan. 7
42. pied-billed grebe - Jan. 7
41. common loon - Jan. 7
40. ruddy duck - Jan. 7
39. common merganser - Jan. 7
38. bufflehead - Jan. 7
37. common goldeneye - Jan. 7
36. surf scoter - Jan. 7
35. oldsquaw - Jan. 7
34. lesser scaup - Jan. 7
33. greater scaup - Jan. 7
32. canvasback - Jan. 7
31. northern shoveler - Jan. 7
30. American black duck - Jan. 7
29. snow goose - Jan. 7
28. tundra swan - Jan. 7
27. American goldfinch - Jan. 5
26. white-throated sparrow - Jan. 5
25. northern mockingbird - Jan. 5
24. American robin - Jan. 5
23. tufted titmouse - Jan. 5
22. mallard - Jan. 5
21. Cooper's hawk - Jan. 5
20. American kestrel - Jan. 5
19. turkey vulture - Jan. 5
18. house sparrow - Jan. 5
17. Canada goose - Jan. 5
16. eastern bluebird - Jan. 5
15. red-tailed hawk - Jan. 5
14. song sparrow - Jan 5.
13. common raven - Jan 3.
12. house finch - Jan. 3
11. American tree sparrow - Jan. 1
10. downy woodpecker - Jan. 1
9. blue jay - Jan. 1
8. European starling - Jan. 1
7. black-capped chickadee - Jan. 1
6. northern cardinal - Jan. 1
5. dark-eyed junco - Jan. 1
4. white-breasted nuthatch - Jan. 1
3. mourning dove - Jan. 1
2. American crow - Jan. 1
1. rock dove - Jan. 1