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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Putney Mountain Hawk Watch

Starting in late August through October, volunteer hawk-watchers count migrating hawks on Putney Mountain. Check out the HMANA site to follow Putney Mtn hawk migration.
Cooper's hawk
Sharp-shinned hawk (left), Cooper's hawk (right)
 Sharp-shinned hawks greatly out number their bigger relatives. So far, we've had 192 sharpies and 14 coops come through. These two, put on a nice sparring match.

Cooper's hawk
Osprey
We had 8 ospreys migrating today.
immature broad-winged hawk
adult broad-winged hawk
we've had 3184 broadies so far this season!!
immature bald eagle
We're all looking in different directions to make sure we don't miss a hawk!