Comments on: Anatomy of a Broad-winged Hawk Big Day – Braddock Bay – April 27th 2011 http://underclearskies.com/2011/05/05/anatomy-of-a-broad-winged-hawk-big-day-%e2%80%93-braddock-bay-%e2%80%93-april-27th-2011/ birds,birding and other musings Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: HMANA Article « Under Clear Skies http://underclearskies.com/2011/05/05/anatomy-of-a-broad-winged-hawk-big-day-%e2%80%93-braddock-bay-%e2%80%93-april-27th-2011/#comment-1828 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:42:16 +0000 http://underclearskies.com/?p=2342#comment-1828 [...] can essentially read the article on my blog (here) but I would also encourage you to join HMANA as well. HMANA, as well as providing you with [...]

]]> By: underclearskies http://underclearskies.com/2011/05/05/anatomy-of-a-broad-winged-hawk-big-day-%e2%80%93-braddock-bay-%e2%80%93-april-27th-2011/#comment-1685 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:36:42 +0000 http://underclearskies.com/?p=2342#comment-1685 Hi Clay,

Thanks for the further info. It was great to hear Jeff Dodge talking about some of the history of hawkwatching and banding at Braddock at the 25th Birthday Party for BBRR. It was an exciting to be at the site and an honor to be part of that history personally. Having witnessed some of the crazy accipiter flights first hand I can only imagine what it was like – I just hope you guys hadn’t been pulling an all-nighter with the owls beforehand (I heard some of those stories as well!)

Luke

ps I saw a fun video of you doing a banding demonstration from about 1988 while I was there – maybe I should talk BBRR into putting it up on youtube ;)

]]> By: Clay Taylor http://underclearskies.com/2011/05/05/anatomy-of-a-broad-winged-hawk-big-day-%e2%80%93-braddock-bay-%e2%80%93-april-27th-2011/#comment-1684 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:49:34 +0000 http://underclearskies.com/?p=2342#comment-1684 Hi Guys –

The spring counts in Corpus Christi have been sporadic and, to my knowledge, never sent to HMANA or HWI, even though there have been 100k+ days. Luke – congrats on beating the 1987 – we were banding our ASSES off that day, as the accips were coming in below the BWs, and the hawk lures got a workout. If I remember correctly, only a few days later Nicolletti, Mather and one other person saw the ultimate raptor pairing in the same calendar day – Snowy Owl (morning) and Mississippi Kite (afternoon)!

]]> By: underclearskies http://underclearskies.com/2011/05/05/anatomy-of-a-broad-winged-hawk-big-day-%e2%80%93-braddock-bay-%e2%80%93-april-27th-2011/#comment-1649 Fri, 06 May 2011 20:15:54 +0000 http://underclearskies.com/?p=2342#comment-1649 Hey Ernesto,

Thanks for the congratulations and for the added information. I have heard rumors of big fall flights from other hawkwatchers I know but as you say no one could remember anything to quite compare in spring. All I can say was it was a real privilege to be here for such an incredible day!

All the best,

Luke

]]> By: ernesto ruelas http://underclearskies.com/2011/05/05/anatomy-of-a-broad-winged-hawk-big-day-%e2%80%93-braddock-bay-%e2%80%93-april-27th-2011/#comment-1648 Fri, 06 May 2011 16:24:12 +0000 http://underclearskies.com/?p=2342#comment-1648 Congratulations on a great day! I have checked our records in HawkCount.org and found no other day that rivals this during spring.

As you are aware, some autumn Great Lakes and Texas sites have recorded impressive numbers of them, but as I said above, nothing like this in spring for any site in the United States or Canada.

This is fantastic!

Clic, clic, clic,

Ernesto

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