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Route	Shawangunk Grasslands NWR and environs, New York (1123)
Location	New York, USA
Survey date	2021-12-27
Survey ID	1263

Survey Conditions

Survey Date: 2021-12-27	Start Time: 12:30:00	End Time: 16:10:00
Temperature	0.6 (C)	0 (C)
Cloud Cover	100 (%)	100 (%)
Visibility	10 (km)	10 (km)
Precipitation	1: Haze or Fog	1: Haze or Fog
Wind Speed	0: less than 1km/h (Calm)	0: less than 1km/h (Calm)
Wind Direction	---	---
Water	Open	Open
Snow Depth	0 (in)	0 (in)
Observer 1	Ajit Ivan Antony
Observer 2	Liza Antony
Observer 3
Observer 4
Notes	1 hour after we started there were light flurries which became light snow with fine sleet which cleared up an hour later. The RL was in a most unusual location – on top of a pine tree next to the Wallkill River! We observed it with a 20x spotting scope as well as imaged it.

Survey Sightings

Species	Time	Count	Behavior	Morph	Age	Sex	Habitat
RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	12:25:00	1			Adult	Male	•forested•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	12:55:00	1	Perched				•forested•green agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	13:15:00	1	Perched				•fallow agriculture•green agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	13:20:00	1	Perched				•forested•green agriculture

NH (Northern Harrier)	14:05:00	1	Perched		Immature		•grassland

NH (Northern Harrier)	14:40:00	2	Flying		Immature		•grassland

SE (Short-eared Owl)	15:45:00	5	Flying				•grassland

NH (Northern Harrier)	15:50:00	1	Flying		Adult	Male	•grassland

Survey totals by species

Species	Total Count
RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	1
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	3
NH (Northern Harrier)	4
SE (Short-eared Owl)	5
Total	13