> Below are count summaries for the HawkWatch International Goshutes
> Raptor Migration Project in northeastern NV for 9/3/2000, and
> season-to-date totals. Banding totals are also provided.
>
> Species 9/3/2000 2000YTD Banded YTD
> Turkey Vulture-----------------0--------2---------0
> Osprey---------------------------2-------19---------0
> Northern Harrier---------------3-------37---------1
> Sharp-shinned Hawk------35------263--------57
> Cooper's Hawk--------------43------183--------29
> Northern Goshawk-----------0-------21---------2
> Broad-winged Hawk---------0--------0---------0
> Swainson's Hawk------------3-------24---------0
> Red-tail Hawk----------------17-----280--------11
> Ferruginous Hawk------------1--------3---------0
> Golden Eagle------------------2-------30---------1
> Bald Eagle----------------------0--------0---------0
> American Kestrel-----------11------426------48
> Merlin-----------------------------0--------2---------0
> Peregrine Falcon-------------0--------1---------0
> Prairie Falcon-----------------0---------7---------1
> Unidentified Accipiter------2--------5
> Unidentified Buteo----------0--------2
> Uuidentified Eagle----------0--------0
> Unidentified Falcon---------0--------0
> Unidentified Raptor---------0--------1
>
> TOTAL----------------------119----1117-------150
>
>
> The site is located at 9,200 above sea level, 25 miles south of
> Wendover, Nevada, just west of Utah's Great Salt Lake Desert. This it
> the 18th consecutive year of observations and 21st consecutive year of
> banding.
>
> Yesterday, 9/4, was looking to be a 175-200 bird day, with a 15-20 mph
> wind blowing most of the day under sunny skies with ~15% cloud cover.
> Several great looks at rufous- and dark-morph RTHA on 9/3 and 9/4.
> The banders caught their first Golden Eagle of the season on 9/3 and
> second Northern Harrier on 9/4.
>
> On the evening of 9/2 and the morning of 9/3, a Bureau of Land
> Management-Elko District helicopter crew successfully air-lifted
> water, food, and other supplies to the top of the Goshute ridge, so
> the crew is now set for the season with supplies. Water was running
> low, evidenced by the fact that site cook Dave Main hiked up 10
> gallons (80 lbs.!) of water on 9/1. Also aboard the airlift were
> "robolures" developed by our friends at the Golden Gate Raptor
> Observatory. Four of our Goshute 2000 field crew members have worked
> at GGRO in the past, and Mark McCaustland will be leading the effort
> to field test robolure in the Goshutes. We are also looking forward
> to Buzz Hull of GGRO visiting the Goshutes in late September.
>
> HawkWatch's 2000 Goshutes crew of full-season observers, banders,
> edcuators, and cook: Aaron Barna (project coordinator), Jerry Ligouri
> (lead observer), Nathan McNett, Jeff Mauer, Eric Jepson, Mark
> McCaustland, Kathrin Poetter, Chris Neri, Deneb Sandack, Kirsten
> McDonnell, Helena Kokes, and Dave Main. We look forward to the help
> of several other folks who will be visiting during the season. Mail
> can be sent to Goshutes crew members c/o The Goshutes Project, P.O.
> Box 267, Wendover, UT 84083.
>
> Goshutes site sponsors: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation;
> LaSalle Adams Fund; Barrick Goldstrike Mine, Inc.; U.S. Bureau of
> Reclamation-Upper Colorado Region; U.S. Bureau of Land Management-Elko
> District; Nevada Power Company; Bald Mountain Mine; State Line/Silver
> Smith Casino Resorts; Randy and Jennifer Speers; Kay Millar; Salt Lake
> Roasting Company; Einstein's Bagels; and Utah Army National Guard.
> Satellite telemetry program sponsors are LaSalle Adams Fund; George
> Perkins; USGS-Biological Resources Division; and Dr. David Chuljian.
>
>
> Howard Gross
> Executive Director
> HawkWatch International
> 1800 South West Temple, Suite A226-1
> Salt Lake City, UT 84115
> Voice (801) 484-6502
> Fax (801) 484-6810
> hgross at hawkwatch.org