[Birdtalk] Hawks at Jupiter Peak

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After the disappointing trip to the IC, Jeff Bilsky, Carl Ingwell and I headed to Jupiter Peak at Guardsman's Pass to see if the whipping south winds would produce some hawks. We were not disappointed!!!

Between 10:30am and 12:30pm we tallied around 35 hawks with a pretty good variety seen from the flat below the peak, the shack just at the edge of the peak and the pass. 

16 Red-tailed Hawk 
3 Swainson's Hawk 
11 Cooper's Hawk 
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 
1 Northern Goshawk (Jeff and Carl only)
1 Northern Harrier 
1 American Keaterl

If it weren't for the on and off thunder storm and downpour I would have stayed longer to see what else passed over.  Other birds flying around include: 

3 Clark's Nutcracker 
2 Steller's Jay 
5 Mountain Chickadee 
3 Red-breasted Nuthatch
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
8 Mountain Chickadee
1 Northern Flicker
7 Yellow-rumped Warbler 
2 Orange-crowned Warbler
2 Chipping Sparrow
10 Dark-eyed Junco
6 Red Crossbill 
50 Pine Siskin
 
Might have been some other stuff I forgot.  But it was a great day for hawk watching minus the rain!

Good Birding 

Tim 


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