Yesterday, Gunnar Bessel, BIGFRANK and myself spent the better part of a gorgeous sunny day at Beamer and the Niagara Peninsula Hawk Watch. While there we enjoyed seeing several hundred hawks flying by overhead on what we believe was their best day so far this year. A big thank you to those up on the tower for pointing out many of the good birds. Of course, being avid hawk watchers ourselves, we didn't keep our mouths shut for too long before we were shouting out several of the birds - :lol:. The following list of birds is what was noted in the air and in the surrounding woods.
Canada Goose
Wild Turkey
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Swallow sp.
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Eastern Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Walter
