Get off your tush/s…. and see a migration spectacle!… birding in Veracruz
This post goes to all my birder and bird watching friends all over the world….. its about migrating hawks, falcons and kites. This isn’t just any old hawkwatch…its the BIG grandaddy of all hawkwatches. How big you ask? …….. try FIVE MILLION plus birds of prey counted in the migratory season!
….. how about (nearly) 1.5 MILLION raptors COUNTED in ONE buteoswainsonifabulous / cathartes auralicious day! (on October 17 2003 the Veracruz “River of Raptors” hawkwatch counted
782,653 Swainson’s hawks -Buteo swainsoni and
707,798 Turkey vultures – Cathartes Aura)
Folks… how about couple more “peak hawkwatch moments”…..
**September 1, 2002 …….95,989 Mississippi Kites – Ictinia mississippiensis were counted at the Veracruz Cardel/Chichicaxtle River of raptors site in Veracruz.
Broad-winged hawks – buteo platypterus On September 28, 2001 they counted 775,760…sweet!
The numbers of migrating raptors that may be observed in a single day or season in Veracruz are the stuff of legends.
HAWKWATCH is a “learned” experience like opera or a “pure” Janis Joplin set. For birders worldwide the fall hawkwatch in Veracruz is truly a “bucket list” experience (one of the things you want to do before you kick the bucket) \
So Veracruz hawkwatch…… is this the year for you to experience the marvel?
-”You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.”
Janis Joplin
If interested, my name is David McCauley
my residence: Veracruz Mexico
my e-mail: birdingveracruz@gmail.com
my passion: hawkwatch…the raptor migration.
I do hawkwatch/birding tours in Veracruz, three of them for the fall 2008 hawkwatch season.
September 17-26 **total raptor count for these day in 2007………………… 737,726 top three species: Broad-winged H. Miss. Kites & Turkey vultures
September 27 – October 6 **total raptor count for these day in 2007.. 844,186 top three species: Broad-winged H., Swainson’s H. & Turkey vultures
October 7 – 16 **total raptor count for these day in 2007…….. 1,503,108 top three species: Swainson’s hawk, Broad-winged hawk & Turkey vulture
I do the hawk watch tours because I love it! during the ten day tours we move about and are able to see alot of other bird species 150-200+ on a 10 day tour. for more information check out this previous post on my blog: http://birdingveracruz.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/raptor-bird-of-prey-migrations-in-veracruz-mexico-2008/
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