Hawk+Mnt.+Questions+and+Data

6C Student Questions

1. How long is the river of rocks? Answer: The River of Rocks is a mile long,30-400 feet wide,and lies at a gradient of3-12 degrees.

2. Are vultures raptors? Are owls raptors? Answer: Raptors are birds that kill their own prey and vultures eat carrion so they are not raptors according to the information found.

3. How many birds to hawks eat in a lifetime?

4. What are other places where hawks congregate?  ||  **Raptor Migration Site** || **Flyway** || **Spring/ Fall** ||  **Organization** || **Website/Email**  ||  **Directions/Maps**  ||  ** Count Data ** || ** Notes/Comments ** || || Historic site in 1970s for Peregrines, but no current info found  || || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=549 || Harlan's Hawks  || || unknown ||  || ||  http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/2005%20count%20table.htm ||  || ||  http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=550 || no 2005/2006 data? || || http://www.ggro.org/dailyhw06.html ||  || ||  Hard to find info, but evidently best place to see migrating Ferruginous Hawks! || || http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=138 ||  || ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=149 ||  || ||  http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=169 || Osprey  || || White Clay Creek State Park || Eastern || Spring || Angel Rosauri || angel.rosauri@state.de.us  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=614 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=614 ||  || ||  Florida Keys || Eastern || Fall || Hawk Watch International/Florida Audubon Society || http://www.hawkwatch.org/keysmigration/index.htm  ||  http://www.hawkwatch.org/keysmigration/index.htm || http://www.hawkwatch.org/keysmigration/index.htm ||  || ||  unknown || Gulf/Caribbean || unknown || unknown || unknown  ||   ||   ||   || || 1 site found near Atlanta || Eastern || Fall || unknown || unknown  ||  unknown || unknown ||  || ||  unknown || No regular Raptor Migration || unknown || unknown || unknown  ||   ||   ||   || || Lucky Peak/Boise Ridge || Western || Fall || Idaho Bird Observatory/Boise State University || password protected  ||  From Boise, take Idaho route 21 north for 12 miles. Take a left on Highland Valley Rd (1/2 mile before the Hilltop Cafe on the left). Continue up this road for 8 miles, following the track marked "E" at each fork. The road is very rough but passable by two-wheel drive vehicles with good ground clearance. ||  ||  http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=43.5625&lon=-116.0625&datum=nad27&u=4&layer=DRG&size=m&s=50 || || Illinois Beach State Park, Zion || Central || Fall || Vic Berardi || VBirdman@aol.com  ||  http://hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=527 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=528 ||  || ||  Indiana Dunes || Central || unknown || unknown || unknown  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=174 || unknown || historic site, but no data found || || Hitchcock Nature Center, Honey Creek || Central || Fall || Hitchcock Nature Center || http://www.pottcounty.com/html/departments7h5.shtml  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=172 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=172 || BW in Sept, RT in Oct, BE in Nov || || unknown || Central || unknown || unknown ||  ||   ||   ||   || ||  Bad Branch Nature Preserve & Pine Mountain || Eastern || Fall || unknown || unknown  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?stateprov=Kentucky&country=USA ||  ||  2 historic sites, but no data found || || Calcasieu Lake, Northern Shore || Gulf/Caribbean || unknown || unknown || unknown  ||  unknown || unknown || historic site, but no data found || || Cadillac Mt., Acadia N.P., Bar Harbor || Eastern || Fall || National Park Service || http://www.nps.gov/acad/  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=280 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=280 || Avg 800+ Sharpies & 500+ Kestrels per year || || St. Adolphe Hawkwatch, St. Adolphe || Central || Spring || Manitoba Naturalists Society || http://www.manitobanature.ca/index.html  ||  http://hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=643 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=643 || 650 Red-tails, 733 total raptors 4/1/2006 || || Turkey Point || Eastern || Fall || David Wilder Kimball || hatless_wonder@hotmail.com  ||  http://hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=278 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=278 ||  || ||  Washington National Monument State Park, Boonsboro || Eastern || Fall || MARY C. CORDERMAN ||  ||  http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/western/washington.html || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=279 ||  || || Barre Falls Dam, ||  Eastern || Spring || Eastern Massachusetts Hawk Watch ||  http://www.massbird.org/EMHW/ || http://massbird.org/EMHW/Spring.htm || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=181 || 2276 Raptors counted March 2006 || || Mount Wachusett, Princeton || Eastern || Fall || Eastern Massachusetts Hawk Watch || http://www.massbird.org/EMHW/  ||  http://www.massbird.org/EMHW/where.htm#wachusett || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=228 ||  || ||  Mount Watatic, Ashburnham || Eastern || Fall || Eastern Massachusetts Hawk Watch || http://www.massbird.org/EMHW/  ||  http://www.massbird.org/EMHW/where.htm#watatic || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=229 ||  || ||  Pilgrim Heights, North Truro || Eastern || Spring || Mass Audubon || http://www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/Sanctuaries/Wellfleet/hawkwatch.php  ||  http://hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=113 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=113 ||  || ||  Lake Erie Metropark, Brownstown || Central || Fall || Southeastern Michigan Raptor Research || http://www.smrr.net  ||  http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=285 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=285 || 72,159 raptors 9/17/2002 || || Hawk Ridge || Central || Spring/Fall || Hawk Ridge Observatory/Duluth Audubon Society || http://www.hawkridge.org/  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=288 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=288 || 1000s of Goshawks || || Visksburg & Fort Hill || Gulf/Caribbean || unknown || unknown || http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?stateprov=Mississippi&country=USA  ||  unknown || unknown || 2 historic sites, but no data found || || unknown || Central || unknown || unknown ||  ||   ||   ||   || ||  Bridger Mountain || Western || Fall || Hawk Watch International || http://hawkwatch.org/migration/migrationsite.php?id=3  ||  http://hawkwatch.org/migration/directions.php?id=3 || http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/2005%20count%20table.htm ||  || ||  unknown || Central || unknown || unknown ||  ||   ||   ||   || ||  Goshutes Mountain || Western || Fall || Hawk Watch International || http://hawkwatch.org/migration/migrationsite.php?id=5  ||  http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/Site%20Descriptions/Goshutes/goshute%20map.jpg || http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/2005%20count%20table.htm || one of the best western sites || || Little Round Top, Bristol || Eastern || Fall || Susan Fogleman || fogleman@cyberportal.net  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=317 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=317 || Broad-Wings || || Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory, Peterborough || Eastern || Fall || Iain MacLeod || pandiain@gsinet.net  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=320 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=320 || New record; 3044 Broad-Wings on Sept 11,2006 || || Cape May Point || Eastern || Fall || NJ Audubon Society || http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO/  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=328 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=328 || 1000s of everything || || Manzano Mountains || Western || Fall || Hawk Watch International || http://hawkwatch.org/migration/migrationsite.php?id=6  ||  http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/Site%20Descriptions/Manzano/manzano%20map.gif || http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/2005%20count%20table.htm ||  || ||  Braddock Bay Park, Hilton || Eastern || Spring || Braddock Bay Raptor Research || http://www.bbrr.org/  ||  http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=353 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=353 ||  || ||  unknown || Eastern || unknown || unknown ||  ||   ||   ||   || ||  Mahogany Rock, Sparta || Eastern || Fall || James Douglas Keighton || brbirders@skybest.com  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=300 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=300 || 1,100 Broad-wings single day - no hiking || || Pilot Mountain State Park || Eastern || Fall || Toby Gordon || tgordon@surry.net  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=306 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=306 || 10,835 Broad-wings single day || || unknown || Central || unknown || unknown ||  ||   ||   ||   || ||  unknown || Eastern || unknown || unknown ||  ||   ||   ||   || ||  Crane Creek State Park/Magee Marsh Wildlife Area/Ottawa N.W.R  ||  Central || Spring || Black Swamp Bird Observatory || http://www.bsbobird.org/raptor.html  ||  http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/parks/cranecrk.htm || 7-14,000 raptors each spring || 21 count sites between Sandusky & Cullen Park on the shore Lake Erie || || unknown || Central || unknown || unknown ||  ||   ||   ||   || ||  Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch, Port Stanley || Central || Fall || Hawkcliff Foundation || http://www.ezlink.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm  ||  http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=392 || http://www.hawkcount.org/day_summary.php?rsite=392&go=Go+to+site || 50,280 raptors on 9/17/2002 || || High Park, Toronto || Central || Fall || Greater Toronto Raptor Watch || http://www.torontobirding.ca/~gtrw/  ||  http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=393 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=393 ||  || ||  Bonney Butte || Pacific || Fall || Hawk Watch International || http://hawkwatch.org/migration/migrationsite.php?id=8  ||  http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/Site%20Descriptions/Bonney%20Butte/bonneybuttemap.jpg || http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/2005%20count%20table.htm ||  || ||  Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton || Eastern || Spring/Fall || Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association || http://www.hawkmountain.org/  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=109 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=109 || Well known (80,000 visitors annually) || || Waggoner's Gap || Eastern || Fall || Waggoner?s Gap Hawk Watch || http://user.pa.net/~waggap/ || http://user.pa.net/~waggap/Directions.htm || http://user.pa.net/~waggap/WG%20Count%20Year.htm || 30,120 birds in 1987, Land owned by Pennsylvania Audubon to preserve the Hawk Watch || || unknown || Eastern || unknown || unknown ||  ||   ||   ||   || ||  Observatoire d'oiseaux de Tadoussac, Tadoussac || Central || Fall || Bruno Drolet || OOT@explos-nature.qc.ca  ||  http://hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=572 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=572 || sharpies, broad-wings & kestrels 1,769 total 9/13/2004 || || Napatree Point || Eastern || unknown || unknown || unknown  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=445 || unknown || historic site, but no data found || || Sakonnet Point || Eastern || unknown || unknown || unknown  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=446 || unknown || historic site, but no data found || || unknown || Western || unknown || unknown ||  ||   ||   ||   || ||  Caesars Head State Park || Eastern || Fall || Irv Pitts || ipitts@scprt.com  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=551 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=551 || 7,271 Broad-wings in 2004 || || unknown || Central || unknown || unknown ||  ||   ||   ||   || ||  Collierville || Eastern || Fall || unknown || unknown  ||  unknown || http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=636 ||  || ||  Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission || Gulf/Caribbean || Spring/Fall || World Birding Center || http://www.worldbirdingcenter.org/  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=468 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=468 ||  || ||  Hazel Bazemore County Park, Corpus Christi || Gulf/Caribbean || Fall || Patty & Bill Beasley || http://www.ccbirding.com/  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=471 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=471 || 1000s & 1000s kites, broad-wings || || Jordanelle Reservoir, Heber City || Western || Spring || Hawk Watch International || http://hawkwatch.org/migration/migrationsite.php?id=11  ||  http://hawkwatch.org/migration/directions.php?id=11 || http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/2005%20count%20table.htm ||  || ||  Wellsville Mountains, Mendon || Western || Fall || Hawk Watch International || http://hawkwatch.org/migration/migrationsite.php?id=12  ||  http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/Site%20Descriptions/Wellsville/wellsville%20map%20and%20directions.jpg || http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/2005%20count%20table.htm || good birds & amazing view; worth the hike || || Veracruz River of Raptors, MX, Chichicaxtle and Cardel, Veracruz || Gulf/Caribbean || Spring/ Fall || Pronatura Veracruz || http://www.pronaturaveracruz.org/vrreng.php  ||  http://www.pronaturaveracruz.org/vrreng.php#location || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=528 || 5.6 million birds Fall 2005 || || Putney Mountain || Eastern || Fall || Beth Hughes || heron@sover.net  ||  http://hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=506 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=506 || 1,166 total raptors 9/18/2003 || || Kiptopeke State Park, Virginia || Eastern || Fall || Sam Stuart || surfbird@gmail.com  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=484 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=484 || Peregrines || || Rockfish Gap || Eastern || Fall || Rockfish Gap Hawkwatch || http://home.ntelos.net/~btkin/rockfish_gap_hawk_watch/  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=491 || http://home.ntelos.net/~btkin/rockfish_gap_hawk_watch/Database/YearlyTotalstoDate.htm || 11,783 Broad-wings single day || || Chelan Ridge || Pacific || Fall || Hawk Watch International || http://hawkwatch.org/migration/migrationsite.php?id=13  ||  http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/Site%20Descriptions/Chelan/chelan%20ridge%20map.jpg || http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/2005%20count%20table.htm ||  || ||  Hanging Rock Tower, Waiteville || Eastern || Fall || Jim Phillips || cne01663@mail.wvnet.edu  ||  http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=37.5044&lon=-80.4533&datum=nad27&u=4&layer=DRG25&size=m&s=24 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=519 ||  || ||  Chequamegon Bay, Ashland || Central || Fall || Ryan Brady || ryanbrady10@hotmail.com  ||  http://hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=514 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=514 ||  || ||  Concordia, Mequon || Central || Fall || Seth Thomas Cutright || stcutright1@hotmail.com  ||  http://hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=515 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=515 ||  || ||  Commissary Ridge || Western || Fall || Hawk Watch International || http://hawkwatch.org/migration/migrationsite.php?id=14  ||  http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/Site%20Descriptions/Commissary%20Ridge/Commissary%20map.gif || http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/2005%20count%20table.htm ||  || ||  Laramie Mountains || Western || Fall || unknown ||  ||   ||   ||  Historic site in 1960-70s || || unknown || Pacific || unknown || unk ||
 * **State/Prov**
 * Alabama ||  Fort Morgan/Gulf Shores  ||  Gulf/Caribbean  ||  Fall  ||  unknown  ||  unknown  ||   ||  unknown
 * Alaska ||  Gunsite Mountain  ||  Pacific  ||  Spring  ||  Paul and Cecily Fritz  ||  pncfritz@pobox.mtaonline.net  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=549
 * Alberta || South Livingstone || Western || Fall || Rocky Mountain Eagle Research Foundation || http://www.eaglewatch.ca/Livingstone.html || || http://www.eaglewatch.ca/Livingstone.html || 1000s of Golden Eagles ||
 * Alberta || Mount Lorette and Plateau Mountain || Western || Spring/Fall || Rocky Mountain Eagle Research Foundation || http://www.eaglewatch.ca/Fieldnotes.html || || http://www.eaglewatch.ca/Fieldnotes.html ||  ||
 * Alberta ||  Windy Point  ||  Western  ||  Fall  ||  unknown  ||  unknown  ||  http://hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=119
 * Arizona ||  Grand Canyon  ||  Western  ||  Fall  ||  Hawk Watch International  ||  http://www.hawkwatch.org/migration/migrationsite.php?id=1  ||  http://www.hawkwatch.org/Research/Site%20Descriptions/Grand%20Canyon/grand_canyon_map_forweb.jpg
 * Arkansas ||  unknown  ||  Central  ||  unknown  ||  unknown  || ||   ||   ||   ||
 * British Columbia ||  Rocky Point Bird Observatory, Metchosin (Victoria)  ||  Pacific  ||  Fall  ||  Rocky Point Bird Observatory  ||  http://www.islandnet.com/~rpbo  ||  http://hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=550
 * California ||  Golden Gate  ||  Pacific  ||  Fall  ||  Golden Gate Raptor Observatory  ||  http://www.ggro.org  ||  http://www.ggro.org/camap.html
 * Colorado ||  Dinosaur Ridge, Morrison  ||  Western  ||  Spring  ||  Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory  ||  http://www.rmbo.org/  ||   ||  From I-70, take Highway 26/40 Exit 259. Drive South on Hwy 26 to Parking Area on East side; just south of I70.Hike uphill toward Power Lines.
 * Connecticut ||  Lighthouse Point Park  ||  Eastern  ||  Fall  ||  Northeast Hawk Watch  ||  http://www.battaly.com/nehw/  ||  http://www.battaly.com/nehw/sites.htm#Lighthouse%20Point%20Park
 * Connecticut ||  Quaker Ridge, Greenwich  ||  Eastern  ||  Fall  ||  Brian O'Toole  ||  botoole@audubon.org  ||  http://www.battaly.com/nehw/sites.htm#Quaker%20Ridge
 * Delaware ||  Cape Henlopen  ||  Eastern  ||  Fall  ||  Elizabeth Dumont  ||  ledumont@msn.com  ||  http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=169
 * Delaware
 * Florida (excluding panhandle)
 * Florida Panhandle
 * Georgia
 * Hawaii
 * Idaho
 * Illinois
 * Indiana
 * Iowa
 * Kansas
 * Kentucky
 * Louisiana
 * Maine
 * Manitoba
 * Maryland
 * Maryland
 * Massachusetts
 * Massachusetts
 * Massachusetts
 * Massachusetts
 * Michigan
 * Minnesota
 * Mississippi
 * Missouri
 * Montana
 * Nebraska
 * Nevada
 * New Hampshire
 * New Hampshire
 * New Jersey
 * New Jersey || Sandy Hook || Eastern || Spring || NJ Audubon Society || http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/SHBO/HookHWSite.html || http://www.hmana.org/watches.php?sitesel=340 || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=340 || no data since 2004? ||
 * New Jersey || Wildcat Ridge, Hibernia || Eastern || Spring/Fall || Wildcat Ridge Hawkwatch || http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/wldcthwk.htm || http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/wldcthwk.htm || http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite= 103 || 1211 raptors Spring 2006, 5597 Fall 2006 ||
 * New Mexico
 * New York
 * Newfoundland
 * North Carolina
 * North Carolina
 * North Dakota
 * Nova Scotia
 * Ohio
 * Oklahoma
 * Ontario
 * Ontario
 * Oregon
 * Pennsylvania
 * Pennsylvania
 * Prince Edward Island
 * Quebec
 * Rhode Island
 * Rhode Island
 * Sakatchewan
 * South Carolina
 * South Dakota
 * Tennessee
 * Texas
 * Texas
 * Utah
 * Utah
 * Veracruz
 * Vermont
 * Virginia
 * Virginia
 * Washington
 * West Virginia
 * Wisconsin
 * Wisconsin
 * Wyoming
 * Wyoming
 * Yukon

5. Does Hawk Mountain have the only "river of rocks" in the U.S.? No, There are others. There is a place called the blue rocks in Lenhartsville and hickory run boulder in hickory run state park.

6. How can hawks glide sideways?

7. How long is the entire mountain range? How tall is the mountain? Hawk mountain is 1,521 ft high and the hiking loop is 5.25 miles. From our experience, it felt longer just because it goes up and down.

8. How did the river of rocks form? Answer: The River of Rocks formed by the glaciers.

9. What is the strongest hawk? The eagle is the strongest kind of hawk. It can carry 4-6 kilograms, including a goat...media type="youtube" key="-iFOVi0vJGU?fs=1" height="385" width="480"

10. How many different kinds of haws fly by Hawk Mountain? 16 different kinds of hawks go to hawk mountain.

11. What is the average overall amount of hawks that come to hawk mountain each day?

12. What are the most amount of hawks that have come in one day? 929

13. What hawk has the widest and largest wingspan? Ferruginous Hawk has the largest wingspan at about 56 inches.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">14. How long have hawks been flying over hawk mountain?

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">15. Why do hawks come to Hawk Mountain? They come to hawk mountain for more food and possibly because it is there ancestral home.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">16. How many different birds of prey are there? I am not completely sure, but it says that there about 500 types of birds of prey.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">17. Why do hawks look and eat differently than other birds? This is because of the way that they are shaped with their long talons etc...

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">18. Why do hawks fly differently?

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">19. Do bigger hawks eat smaller hawks? Some do.

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