HAWKS-ALCIDS 
Camp Pinnacle Hawk Migration Totals 
Species 
Total 
Peak Flight 
Range of Dates 
Turkey Vulture 
183 
30 on 19 Oct 
26 Aug-7 Nov 
Osprey 
73 
11 on 2 Oct 
29 Aug-29 Oct 
Bald Eagle 
16 
21 Aug-28 Nov 
Northern Harrier 
49 
5 on 19 Sep 
29 Aug-8 Nov 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 
277 
29 on 16 Sep 
29 Aug-2 Dec 
Cooper's Hawk 
46 
29 Aug-17 Nov 
Northern Goshawk 
13 
3 Sep-3 Dec 
Red-Shouldered Hawk 
20 
4 on 3 Oct, 7 Nov 
4 Sep-27 Nov 
Broad-winged Hawk 
1315 
316 on 19 Sep 
29 Aug-16 Oct 
Red-tailed Hawk 
875 
164 on 18 Oct 
29 Aug-3 Dec 
Rough-legged Hawk 
6 
8 Nov-2 Dec 
Golden Eagle 
12 
23 Sep-2 Dec 
American Kestrel 
66 
10 on 25 Sep 
30 Aug-31 Oct 
Merlin 
8 
9 Sep-1 Nov 
Peregrine Falcon 
9 
9 Aug-19 Nov 
Totals 
3150 
386 on 19 Sep 
25 Aug-6 Dec 
Osprey: 5 Sep; 8 Oct; 1 Nov; only 
reports. 
Bald Eagle: 1 ad 2-3 imm NB 7,16 Sep; 
imm Ferry Dr 11 Sep; 2 unspecified 7 
Oct; East Berne 22 Oct; ad NB 30, 31 Oct; 
imm Stillwater 4 Nov; 2 imm TR 7 Nov; 
SL 14 Nov. 
N. Harrier, max 10 FtE 28 Nov; 16 
reports of singles. 
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 5 TP 25 Sep; 21 
reports of singles. 
Cooper's Hawk: 3 TP 25 Sep; 23 reports 
of singles. 
N. Goshawk: Saratoga 10 Oct, only 
report. 
Red-shouldered Hawk: Landis 
Arboretum SCHO 30 Oct, only report 
outside of CPHW. 
Broad-winged Hawk: arr SNHP 3 Sep. 
Red-tailed Hawk: max 9 FtE 7 Nov. 
Rough-legged Hawk: arr FtE 4 Nov. 
Am. Kestrel: max 19 FtE 25 Sep; 13 
reports of singles. 
Merlin: Greenport 8 Sep (BC); 
Gansevoort 19 Sep (BP); TP 25 Sep (WE); 
Rt 190 Schodack 26 Sep (WL); Albany 29 
Oct (BEN). 
Peregrine Falcon: ad female SI 10 Sep 
(WE); Castleton Bridge 3 Oct (RG); VF 3 
The Kingbird 2000 March; 50(1) 
Oct (M. Scilingo); imm tundrius SI 31 
(WE); Waterford 3 Nov (BEN); Ghent 6 
Nov; Waterford 8 Nov (BEN); Rts 
190/1787 ALBA 20 Nov (WL). 
Wild Turkey: max 31 NRP 12 Sep; 40 
Amsterdam 19 Nov; continues in moder¬ 
ate numbers throughout. 
Virginia Rail: calling VF 7 Sep, only 
report. 
Sora: no reports. 
Com. Moorhen: no reports. 
Am. Coot: max 120 SL 14 Nov; last VF 24 
Nov. 
Black-bellied Plover: no reports. 
Semipalmated Plover: Ferry Dr 4 Sep, 
only report. 
Killdeer: max 42 SUNYA 6 Oct; 42 
Meadowdale Rd 10 Oct. 
Greater Yellowlegs: 3 Lock 4 Stillwater 
10 Oct; only 2 reports of singles. 
Lesser Yellowlegs: max 7 SI 10 Sep. 
Solitary Sandpiper: no reports. 
Spotted Sandpiper: 2 SI 10 Sep; 2 WR12 
Sep; PI 3 Oct; Lock 4 10 Oct; only reports. 
Sanderling: 3 juv SI 10 Sep (WE). 
Semipalmated Sandpiper: no reports. 
Least Sandpiper: 4 Ferry Dr 4 Sep; 
Cohoes Commons 4 Sep; 2 SI 10 Sep; 
only reports. 
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