Awe-inspiring HAWK WATCH - Acadia National Park

[@jimeager]

Brings me back to my 2.5 seasons at the Florida Keys Hawkwatch

[@chiprucker5735]

Awesome, awesome stuff. My favorite birding channel by far. And I can't believe this channel isn't taking off. No pun intended. :)

[@Bob_Duchesne]

Maybe if I put puppies and kittens into the next video?

[@Jps3bs]

Great video Bob and hawk identification tips😊 Acadia is drop dead gorgeous 😊 Where I live in Connecticut I see Coopers Hawks, Red Tailed, Ospreys and the other day I was thrilled to see a Peregrine Falcon. I saw a Bald Eagle a few years ago.

[@eva.w.45]

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[@MRIVERSSC]

Good info on a hard subject.

[@Windhover21]

I was interested in your comment that Merlin's are not built for dragonflies. I have noticed our suburban Merlins in Winnipeg actually spend quite a bit of time hunting them during big hatches. There is a retirement home with a tall antennae by an open field by my home and I have watched Merlins use it as a roost while hunting. They drop quickly below the dragonfly and then catch them on a quick climb. One I watched was successful more than 9/10 stoops and seldom had to redirect to a new target after a miss.This might be a local "subirdia" adaptation.

[@Bob_Duchesne]

True enough. Ours do, too. Weirdly, I don't remember ever seeing a kestrel take a bird or a merlin take a dragonfly. But I know both happen.What's remarkable to me is the size difference in talons. The birds are similar in size, but merlin talons are so much bigger. I think they could grab a bowling ball.

[@leobachand8408]

Great video! We went to the Cape Henlopen Delaware hawk watch last year and the Kiptopeke state park hawk watch. Really enjoyed them. Learned a lot from the people that staffed them.

[@Bob_Duchesne]

I've hit Cape May several times. The hawks are only half the story there! Love Delaware birding, especially Bombay Hook NWR.

[@cpliff_]

interesting to see a similar spread of raptors to that of what I see at Whitefish Point Michigan.

[@Bob_Duchesne]

Hawk locations can be so specialized! On the day we had about 40 broad-winged hawks, another location just a little south and off the coastline had 11,000+!

[@robertsanders2992]

Nicely done!'

[@jmw1983209]

Can you do a video on falconry in Maine

[@Bob_Duchesne]

I once tried, but falconers are shy about it. Falconry can be a little bit controversial, and they prefer to stay out of the limelight. Too bad. Would have been interesting.

[@msmary126]

Hey Bob, I'm in western York County. Myself, and other bird watching friends, have noticed a big decrease in bird activity over the past few weeks .... hurricane? We are all a bit perplexed by this. Any idea of why the local birds are "gone"?

[@Bob_Duchesne]

I'm hearing that from all over, but I think everything is normal. There seems to be an abundance of natural food this year, and they're just not coming to feeders much.

[@msmary126]

@@Bob_Duchesne ok great. This was my initial thought. Had to run it by the expert!

[@hyfy-tr2jy]

It would be more accurate to say "bird of prey"....you start this off talking about identifying "hawks" while on screen is a falcon.

[@tomgibo]

Ah, it's folk taxonomy and common names. The USA is the country where Carhartidae are buzzards and Buteos are hawks so its not like these names have much in common with their scientific classification. He's also at an event specifically called Hawk Watch.