[mou] Hawk Ridge non-raptor flights

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Not a great shot but here is one of the one Ross's Goose counted with three Cackling Geese that flew past us on the Ridge on the 28th..

http://www.birderguy.com/HawkRidge_20080928_01.htm

Index to all shots..
http://www.birderguy.com/Andrews_HawkRidge_Page2008.htm

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From: Karl Bardon <karl_bardon at yahoo.com> 

This is just a quick update on the non-raptors flights at Hawk Ridge- over 72,000 non-raptors have been counted so far, including several very large flights recently. For daily updates on raptor and non-raptor counts at Hawk Ridge, you can visit www.hawkcount.org via the Hawk Ridge website at www.hawkridge.org.

Recent highlights have been:

7 Greater White-fronted Geese on 30 September

2 Ross's Geese and 283 Cackling Geese on 28 September

14,356 non-raptors on 27 September including 7 Ross's Geese, 1071 Cackling Geese, 2079 Canada Geese, 2 Red-throated Loons, 1953 American Robins, and 5574 Rusty Blackbirds. The flight of Rustys is a record count for Minnesota and is higher than the entire season's total last year at Hawk Ridge. The flight of Cackling Geese is also a very high count for Minnesota- many of these birds came directly overhead (often in pure groups of Cacklers) and it was fun for everyone to hear their distinctive cackling calls. All of the Ross's Geese have been mixed with Cackling Geese.

15,723 non-raptors on 25 September including 22 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 4131 American Robins, and 8571 warblers (mostly Yellow-rumps)

Karl Bardon
Hawk Ridge counter
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