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Below are two tables that were published in The Redstart, a publication of the Brooks Bird Club. The first shows the total for each species and the number of visits for the year. The second shows total birds counted for each day, but doesn't break them down into species. Please note that harriers were recorded as marsh hawks, kestrels were recorded as sparrow hawks, and peregrines were called pigeon hawks.


 

Table 1

Yearly Distribution by Species at Hanging Rock
  Sharp-
shinned
Cooper's Red-
tailed
Red-
shouldered
Broad-
winged
Marsh Osprey Sparrow Other Visits
1952 2 3 1 1 1219   2 8 14 1
1955 1       21 1 2 1 8 1
1956 13 5 4 4 586   2 4 28 2
1957 14 18 6 9 3636   3 30 2 GE
1 BE
2
1958 10 6 3 2 270   9 6 11 2
1959 1 3 5 5 527       2 2
1960 4 3 7 1 745 1 1 4 4 3
1961 15 10 24 4 325 9 2 11 55
(1 BE)
2
1962 17 15 4 3 3280 5 6 5 6 3
1963 24 14 36 7 60 2 3 9 15
(2GE)
6
1964 20 1 20 2 495 3 11 10 11 8
1965 30 19 12 8 239 5 2 14 12 6
1966 5 14 6 24 1029 4 3 19 8
(1 PH)
6
1967 2 3 1 3 854 2 4 9 3 4
1968 6 4 5 1 1488 4 5 4 7 4
1969 5 4 10 4 440 4 14 5 2 7

BE - Bald Eagle; GE - Golden Eagle; PH - Pigeon Hawk

 

Table 2
Daily Hawk Totals at Hanging Rock
September
  12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 29
1952                   1250            
1955             35                  
1956                     184 461        
1957                   1566 2133          
1958                 6 313            
1959               446 96              
1960           5             116 651    
1961                       237 224      
1962 34                   2217 1122        
1963       8           49 29       3 40
1964   12 29 65 245 175                    
1965           50 139 25                
1966           242 4           669 5    
1967         723 20           125 9      
1968     48 278 265         1475 26          
1969   21 41 111 88 170 54 3 0 0