If you cannot identify any of these rare birds (certainly not odd ducks), consider them "Tuesday Morning Mysteries."
   A special Thank You to Judy Cinquina for managing this great hawk lookout for so many years.

Mount Peter
Warwick, New York, USA                                                                                                                                                                               

Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2008
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	0	1	1
Osprey	3	71	71
Bald Eagle	1	27	27
Northern Harrier	1	8	8
Sharp-shinned Hawk	14	179	179
Cooper's Hawk	0	12	12
Northern Goshawk	0	1	1
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	4	4
Broad-winged Hawk	287	10505	10505
Red-tailed Hawk	0	5	5
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	1	1
American Kestrel	2	32	32
Merlin	0	2	2
Peregrine Falcon	0	2	2
Unknown Accipiter	0	1	1
Unknown Buteo	0	0	0
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	1	7	7
Total:	309	10858	10858

                                                                                                       

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Denise Farrell
Observers:	Judith C. Cinquina, Rick Hansen, Rob Stone

Visitors:
Judy Cinquina, Rick Hansen, Rob Stone, Stiles Thomas, Charles Mayhood, and members of the Fyke Nature Assoc.

Weather:
Light winds that shifted from the NNW to the E from 10a.m.-1p.m. then returned to W. Temperatures ranged from 10 -23 C. Few clouds and good visibility.

Raptor Observations:
Most of the raptors were high and difficult to find. The only large kettles went through between 12p.m. and 1 EST when 234 were tallied. The Bald Eagle was a 3-4 yr. old and went due S around 10:45 a.m.

Non-raptor Observations:
14 Monarchs, 1 Black-thraoted Green, 1 Empi flycatcher (probably a Willow).