August Summary

Top 5 Species (August)

1. Red-tailed Hawk -- 53 observations (+2 from last month)
2. Turkey Vulture -- 25 observations
3. Osprey -- 25 observations (-2)
4. Swainson's Hawk -- 20 observations (+2)
5. Great Horned Owl -- 13 observations

Top 5 Species (Overeall):

1. Red-tailed Hawk -- 74 observations (+2)
2. Osprey -- 63 observations (-1)
3. Turkey Vulture -- 49 observations (-1)
4. Swainson's Hawk -- 33 observations (+2)
5. Great Horned Owl -- 28 observations

Total Species: 22

Top 5 Observers (Observations):

1. birdwhisperer -- 73 obs
2. @draginous -- 49 obs
3. @cgates326 -- 18 obs
4. @danithedeer -- 16 obs
5. @davedrum -- 14 obs

Top 5 Observers (Species):

1. cgates326 -- 10 species
2. birdwhisperer -- 9 species
3. dragoinous -- 9 species
4. danithedeer -- 6 species
5. @the-catfinch -- 6 species

Species Still Needed: (13) White-tailed Kite, Broad-winged Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Barn Owl, Flammulated Owl, Snowy Owl, Northern Hawk-Owl, Spotted Owl, Barred Owl, Short-eared Owl, Boreal Owl, Merlin and Gyrfalcon

New Species in August: Northern Goshawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Western Screech-Owl, Long-eared Owl

Counties Needing Observations: WA (5) -- Douglas, Lincoln, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin -- OR (3) -- Sherman, Gilliam and Umatilla

News and Updates:

During the thirty-one days we call August, 184 observations were added to the project. That's not too great when you compare these stats with last year. It is indeed our best August ever but the observation count ties the 2020 stats, with previous years only a few behind. If we were to continue the 14% observation gain that I mentioned in my previous monthly summary, we should've gotten 201 for August.

2019: 182 obs
2020: 184 obs
2021: 177 obs
2022: 184 obs

So, I propose this for next month. September is the best month for raptors and if we all pitched in and photograph as many raptors as we can, I beat we can break the 300 mark. It's doable, look at what'll be coming there here in the coming weeks: Broad-winged Hawks, Swainson's kettles, Flammulated Owl (at banding stations) and the list goes on. Get on top of a mountain and photograph raptors migrating.

Week 9

Week 9 turns out to be our best week in this project. From a collection of 9 species, 54 observations were submitted. The observation of the week goes to cgates326 for not just seeing one, but two Red-bellied Hawks! If you're unfamiliar with the name, Red-bellied Hawk was the common name for the elegans (sub)species of Red-shouldered Hawk, back in the late 1800's when it used to be considered a species. However, the Red-bellied Hawk is definitely in need of its species' status back. You can see the juveniles (yes, juveniles) here:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133043646

Publicado el 03 de septiembre de 2022 por birdwhisperer