Chickering Farm, Westmoreland A large farm located on Route 63 in Westmoreland, just south of the intersection with Route 12, like most other farms along the Connecticut River, Chickering Farm is planted with corn during summer. Because of its size its a good birding location most of the year, the exception being summer when its […]
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I hit a few more local spots this weekend – CT River on Sat, and Concord area fields on Sunday. CT river has a good variety of waterfowl for autumn (usually lousy at this time of year, birds mostly flyover), due mainly to the excellent habitat at Hinsdale (low water). Ring-necked duck with good numbers […]
Continue Reading →Are you feeling rough or are you golden?
Witness the curves for rough-legged hawk and golden eagle migration from Hawk Mtn, PA (golden colored graph for the eagle). Golden eagles are also observed from hawkwatch sites across New England each fall. Although single day counts from Hawk Mountain can reach double digits (31 birds, November 20, 2003), New Hampshire has only once reached […]
Continue Reading →Planning for THE Big Hawk Day 2011
Do you love hawkwatching, and are you organized? If you answer yes to both questions, then you might want to plan for the following. It’s well known that the broad-winged hawk migration is temporally compressed relative to other hawks. For instance, sharpie’s migrate into late October and November and their numbers plot a much gentler […]
Continue Reading →Big Day on Pack
The Big Day (published in the Monadnock Shopper September 21st, 2010) By the time you get the shopper in the mail, the big flight will likely be over. An average of 4,300 broad-winged hawks fly by the Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory each September based on data from the last ten years, with the bulk of […]
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