September |
| 8/31/96 |
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First Bald Eagle of the season. 10 Species of warblers including
Tennessee and Hooded. 1 Cliff Swallow, 1 Least Flycatcher, Hundreds
of Pickerel Frogs (in woods) |
| 9/1/96 |
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2 Bald Eagles. 11 Species of warblers including Worm-eating and
Hooded. 220 Nighthawks |
| 9/2/96 |
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Brown Thrasher |
| 9/4/96 |
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Flock of 500 Cedar Waxwings, Yellow-throated Vireo (1st Ever), 9
Warblers including Prairie & Wilson's |
| 9/5/96 |
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Flock of 11 Black Vultures, 1 Least Flycatcher |
| 9/6/96 |
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Flock of 37 Double-crested Cormorants |
| 9/7/96 |
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First Merlin of the season. 1 Cliff Swallow, 38 DC Cormorant |
| 9/8/96 |
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8 Warblers including Worm-eating, Tennessee, Ovenbird and a possible
Mourning |
| 9/10/96 |
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1st Nashville Warbler |
| 9/11/96 |
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16 Species of warbler including Tennessee, Nashville, Worm-eating,
Canada and Wilson's. Spotted Sandpiper. First migrating Canada
Geese |
| 9/12/96 |
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12 species of warbler including Golden-winged, last Northern
Oriole |
| 9/15/96 |
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1st White-throated Sparrow |
| 9/18/96 |
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1st Blackpoll Warbler |
| 9/19/96 |
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5,018 hawks including 4,615 Broad-wings, 16 Bald Eagles and 2
Peregrine Falcons. Also the 1st Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary
Sandpiper, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Brown Creeper, Ruby-crowned
Kinglet, Swainson's Thrush, Solitary Vireo, Cape May Warbler and
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| 9/20/96 |
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17,923 hawks including 17,491 Broad-wings, 30 Bald Eagles and 1
Peregrine Falcon. 12,696 birds were seen between 11 and 12 o'clock, 9
Bald Eagles were seen in one hour. 12 Hummingbirds |
| 9/21/96 |
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1st Dark-eyed Junco, 100,000th hawk of the count (since 1990) |
| 9/23/96 |
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7 Bald Eagles, 7 Peregrine Falcons, 1st Snowy Egret, Philadelphia
Vireo, Snow Goose of the season |
| 9/25/96 |
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1st Golden-crowned Kinglet, 1 Monk Parakeet, 1 Unidentified
Parrot |
| 9/29/96 |
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1st White-eyed Vireo and Palm Warbler |
| 9/30/96 |
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Lost our Picnic Table, last Gnatcatcher of season |
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October |
| 10/1/96 |
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9 Peregrine Falcons (8 in one hour) |
| 10/4/96 |
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1st Golden Eagles (2), Red-breasted Nuthatch and Gray-cheeked Thrush
and last Nighthawks of the season, Golden-winged Warbler |
| 10/11/96 |
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44 Cooper's Hawks, 5,013 Canada Geese, 446 Snow Geese. Last Scarlet
Tanager of season |
| 10/12/96 |
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1st N Goshawk of the season, 6 Peregrines |
| 10/13/96 |
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10,000 + Red, White & Blue Latex Balloons, last Pewee of season |
| 10/14/96 |
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Osprey with an arrow through its wing |
| 10/15/96 |
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Last Broad-winged of the season, 7+ Winter Wrens, numerous Hermit
Thrush |
| 10/18/96 |
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White-crowned Sparrow |
| 10/21/96 |
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30,000th bird of the season (N. Harrier at 9:05 am), 6 Turkeys at the
feeders |
| 10/23/96 |
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Red-headed Woodpecker |
| 10/25/96 |
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Last Chimney Swift of season |
| 10/26/96 |
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1st Purple Finch of the season |
| 10/27/96 |
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Last Black-throated Blue and Black-throated Green Warblers of the
season |
| 10/29/96 |
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64 Red-tails, Great Horned Owl |
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November |
| 11/2/96 |
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67 Red-shoulders (25 in one hour), 63 Red-tails, 3 Scoter (sp), 1
Common Merganser, Evening Grosbeak, 1 Shoveler (1st ever) |
| 11/3/96 |
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31 Red-shoulders, 4 Golden Eagles, 1 Gadwall (1st ever), 1st Pine
Siskins, 1st Brant |
| 11/9/96 |
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Last Peregrine of the season |
| 11/10/96 |
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1st Rough-legged of the season (dark morph), 1 Tundra Swan (1st
ever) |
| 11/11/96 |
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32 Loons (primarily Red-throated), small flock of Horned Lark |
| 11/12/96 |
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1 Golden Eagle - last of the season |
| 11/15/96 |
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Light Phase Female Rough-legged, 1st Tree Sparrow, last Osprey of the
season |
| 11/19/96 |
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Last Merlin of the season |
| 11/20/96 |
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18 Loons |
| 11/24/96 |
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2 Bald Eagles (only birds of the day) |
| 11/25/96 |
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Last Kestrel of the season, 10 Bluebirds |
| 11/27/96 |
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Almost 1,000 Canada Geese, 1 Scoter (sp) |
| 11/30/96 |
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1 N Goshawk, 1 N Harrier (31,564th bird of the 1996 season) |
