Date: 09/23/2005

Number: 1

Between 10:30 am - 2:30 pm over 100 monarchs were counted over Brigham Hill in Essex, Vermont.

“It was pretty wild. Every time I would scan the horizon or sky for hawks, I would see Monarchs. They were everywhere. At first it was kind of frustrating, because I'd think I'd have a hawk only to realize it was a butterfly. Once I realized how many there were, however, I was able to appreciate what we were seeing,” said

Friday's variable North winds brought decent numbers and an outstanding variety of hawks. Silas Miller and I counted over 70 hawks representing 13 species. A few of the Osprey we had were seen kettling with BROADWINGs.


BROADWING 25

OSPREY 9

SHARP SHINNED 14

COOPERS 1

GOSHAWK 1

KESTREL 3

MERLIN 2

PEREGRINE 1

BALD EAGLE 1

TURKEY VULTURE 5

N. HARRIER 2

RED TAIL 2 (resident)

RED SHLDRD 1 (resident)

Unidentified 12

Essex, VT

Latitude: 44.5 Longitude: -73.1

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