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Route	Black Dirt - Wallkill NY-NJ (1145)
Location	New York / New Jersey, USA
Survey date	2021-02-21
Survey ID	1118

Survey Conditions

Survey Date: 2021-02-21	Start Time: 07:40:00	End Time: 15:30:00
Temperature	-11 (C)	1 (C)
Cloud Cover	0 (%)	0 (%)
Visibility	15 (km)	15 (km)
Precipitation	0: None	0: None
Wind Speed	1: 1-5 km/h (1-3 mph)	2: 6-11 km/h (4-7 mph)
Wind Direction	W	NW
Water	Mostly Frozen	Mostly Frozen
Snow Depth	5 (in)	5 (in)
Observer 1	Steve Walter
Observer 2	Yahvey Hoffman
Observer 3
Observer 4
Notes	First time for me doing this route twice in one winter. Done earlier because of the Ferruginous Hawk's presence. Hoped to see it again, as well as a Golden Eagle in the area. No luck for either. But a good count anyway. Some takeaways: Harriers way down, with agricultural fields now socked in with snow. A noticeable influx of Rough-legs since last time. Two-thirds of them at one location, where meadow habitat was likely providing better feeding opportunities than the farm fields. A bunch of Red-tails here too. Of all RTs seen well enough, seemed to be a higher percentage of immatures than usually seen. I think it may have something to do with adults now pairing up and moving to their nest sites. There were a bunch of instances of two adults seen together.

Survey Sightings

Species	Time	Count	Behavior	Morph	Age	Sex	Habitat
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	07:40:00	1	Perched				•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	07:40:00	2	Perched		Adult		•unspecified agriculture

RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	07:45:00	1	Perched	Dark			•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	07:45:00	1	Perched				•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	07:50:00	1	Perched				•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	07:55:00	1	Perched		Immature		•unspecified agriculture

PG (Peregrine Falcon)	08:20:00	1	Perched		Immature		•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	08:30:00	3	Perched		Immature		•forested•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	08:40:00	1	Perched		Adult		•unspecified agriculture

ML (Merlin)	08:45:00	1	Perched				•roadsides•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	08:45:00	1	Perched				•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	08:50:00	1	Perched		Immature		•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	08:50:00	2	Perched		Immature		•unspecified agriculture

BE (Bald Eagle)	08:55:00	1	Flying				•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	09:00:00	1	Perched				•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	09:05:00	1	Perched				•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	09:10:00	1	Perched		Immature		•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	09:45:00	1	Flying		Immature		•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	09:55:00	1	Perched				•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	10:00:00	1	Perched		Immature		•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	10:20:00	1	Perched		Adult		•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	10:30:00	1	Perched				•unspecified agriculture

RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	10:45:00	1	Perched	Light	Immature		•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	10:45:00	1	Flying				•unspecified agriculture

TV (Turkey Vulture)	10:55:00	4	Flying				•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	11:00:00	3	Perched				•unspecified agriculture

RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	11:05:00	1	Perched		Immature		•unspecified agriculture

BE (Bald Eagle)	11:20:00	1	Flying

BV (Black Vulture)	11:20:00	3	Flying

RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	11:20:00	9	Flying Perched				•grassland

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	11:20:00	7	Flying Perched				•grassland

TV (Turkey Vulture)	11:20:00	2	Flying

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	11:40:00	1	Perched		Adult		•roadsides

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	12:00:00	2	Flying		Adult		•roadsides•unspecified agriculture

NH (Northern Harrier)	12:15:00	1	Flying		Adult	Female	•unspecified agriculture

RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	12:20:00	1	Flying	Light	Immature		•unspecified agriculture

RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	12:20:00	1	Perched	Light	Immature		•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	12:20:00	2	Perched		Adult		•unspecified agriculture

TV (Turkey Vulture)	12:25:00	1	Flying				•unspecified agriculture

AK (American Kestrel)	12:40:00	1	Perched				•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian•grassland

BV (Black Vulture)	12:40:00	1	Flying				•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian

NH (Northern Harrier)	12:40:00	1	Flying		Adult	Male	•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian

RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	12:40:00	1	Perched				•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	12:40:00	1	Soaring				•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian

TV (Turkey Vulture)	12:40:00	2	Flying				•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	12:55:00	1	Perched

TV (Turkey Vulture)	12:55:00	1	Flying

BE (Bald Eagle)	13:00:00	1	Flying		Adult

TV (Turkey Vulture)	13:00:00	3	Flying

TV (Turkey Vulture)	13:05:00	1	Flying				•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian

BE (Bald Eagle)	13:10:00	1	Flying		Adult		•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian•forested

TV (Turkey Vulture)	13:10:00	1	Flying				•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	13:20:00	1	Soaring				•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian

TV (Turkey Vulture)	13:20:00	1	Flying				•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	13:30:00	2	Perched		Adult

TV (Turkey Vulture)	13:30:00	1	Flying

RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	13:50:00	1	Perched				•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	14:00:00	1	Perched

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	14:05:00	2	Perched		Adult		•grassland•developed

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	14:05:00	1	Flying		Immature		•animal agriculture•developed

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	14:15:00	1	Flying				•forested

BV (Black Vulture)	15:15:00	2	Flying				•unspecified agriculture

BV (Black Vulture)	15:25:00	3	Flying

Survey totals by species

Species	Total Count
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	48
RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	16
PG (Peregrine Falcon)	1
ML (Merlin)	1
BE (Bald Eagle)	4
TV (Turkey Vulture)	17
BV (Black Vulture)	9
NH (Northern Harrier)	2
AK (American Kestrel)	1
Total	99