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| (Last Update: Saturday, November 15, 2008) | | Wednesday, November 12, 2008 | XXIV Takes to the Hills
Today is the last active day of tracking for 2008. "24" started his day just south of Ukiah, and the teams positioned themselves with two teams "on the bird" and one highpoint team, to the east, on Cow Mountain. Instead of continuing his northward flight, "24" headed northwest into the mountains. The two local teams headed for ridgelines, and dirt roads, and although they were unable to communicate with each other (by cell phones,radios, or pagers) by the end of the day, the cross-bearings showed that "24 had moved into the Big River watershed area. Sixteen years ago, the GGRO Telemetry Team tracked another juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (Oct.19.1992) who went this far north. Francisco was lost in the "Lost Coast" area of Northern California, only to re-appear in the Bay Area (Nov. 19.1992). These two birds help us understand the range of movements of our juvenile Red-tailed Hawks during the fall tracking season. Will XXIV reappear in the Bay Area? The interns will be taking a receiver up to Hawk Hill in the hopes of knowing if, or when, he does come back.
Data have not been entirely checked – contact Buzz Hull at bhull@parksconservancy.org for final results and for permission to use. | | Tuesday, November 11, 2008 | Day VIII - North to Ukiah
Starting the day just SE of Cloverdale, XXIV (aka "24")began this day's journey around 9:00 in the morning with local movements. Teams on top of Mt. St. Helena, local high points and "on the bird" were able to record his northward movements with good cross-bearings throughout the day. By 11:30, "24" finally crossed Geyser Rd, north of Cloverdale. By 1:30, he flew over the team stationed in Hopland. By 3:00, "24" had flown to the McNab Creek area, a few miles south of Ukiah, where the teams thought he might settle down. However around 4:30, "24" jumped the ridge and ended up just SW of Ukiah.
Data have not been entirely checked – contact Buzz Hull at bhull@parksconservancy.org for final results and for permission to use. | | Monday, November 10, 2008 | Day VII - Our Lean, Mean, Flying Machine Goes North!
XXIV (aka "24"), our juvenile, male Red-tailed Hawk, was up before 9am and took the Telemetry Teams on a quick track northward. The San Pablo Ridge team was able to get bearings as "24" moved northward from San Rafael along the 101 corridor, with the Mt. Burdell team providing cross-bearings first south of their position, and then north through Petaluma. The third team was "on the ground" moving with "24". Soon, all three teams were on the move, attempting to keep up with "24". Late in the afternoon, "24" settled down just SE of Cloverdale.
Data have not been entirely checked – contact Buzz Hull at bhull@parksconservancy.org for final results and for permission to use. | | Sunday, November 09, 2008 | Day VI - XXIV marks our 24th Juvenile RTHA
Josh Hull's Sunday II Banding Crew provided our second juvenile Red-tailed Hawk for 2008. The male Red-tail was trapped by Teresa Ely at Hawk Blind. The Red-tail, nick-named XXIV, is the 24th juvenile Red-tailed Hawk to be tracked by the Telemetry Teams. By size, XXIV could be described as a lean, mean, flying-machine, but only time will tell. XXIV was released at Hawk Hill, and immediately circled over Hawk Hill and the blind giving everyone on the Hill a great look. He then joined another jv. RT and flew northward past the FM Towers. XXIV was tracked to downtown San Rafael where he settled down.
Data have not been entirely checked – contact Buzz Hull at bhull@parksconservancy.org for final results and for permission to use. | | Saturday, November 08, 2008 | Telemetry Day Five - Bummer
Fog, mist and drippy weather drove the banders from their blinds. No banders = no new bird.
Data have not been entirely checked – contact Buzz Hull at bhull@parksconservancy.org for final results and for permission to use. | | Friday, November 07, 2008 | Telemetry Day 4 - Wingding Wings Away
Unfortunately, none of the teams were able to pick up Wingding's signal today. Some teams maintained highpoints while other teams searched down Hwy 1, through the Los Padres National Forest, up and over the crest on Nacimiento Ferguson Rd, and back up Hwy 101, all to no avail. Wingding was winging it, away from the teams. By the end of the day, the tired teams returned home to start a new bird tomorrow.
Data have not been entirely checked – contact Buzz Hull at bhull@parksconservancy.org for final results and for permission to use. | | Thursday, November 06, 2008 | Telemetry Day 3 - Wingding on the Wing with a Harrier
Larry Beard and Galen Leeds had an early morning visual of Wingding interacting with a Northern Harrier. After losing the visual, the other two teams stationed on Loma Prieta and Hecker Pass, recorded Wingding's flight as she checked out the Corralitos, and Watsonville areas near Monterey Bay. During the afternoon, all the teams lost Wingding's signal.
Data have not been entirely checked – contact Buzz Hull at bhull@parksconservancy.org for final results and for permission to use. | | Wednesday, November 05, 2008 | Telemetry Day 2 - Wingding Flies Circles
Wingding flew from Angel Island to the East Bay by mid-morning. Cross-bearings tracked her flight southward through Fremont. Then she changed directions, and flew across the Bay to the Peninsula. Early afternoon bearings crossed in Atherton, Palo Alto, and Mountain View. All teams lost the signal, and then at 1:50, the Yerba Buena Island team picked up a single bearing which indicated that Wingding hopped over the Coastal Ridgeline. Late in the day, Wingding was located near Davenport, on the ocean North of Santa Cruz.
Data have not been entirely checked – contact Buzz Hull at bhull@parksconservancy.org for final results and for permission to use. | | Tuesday, November 04, 2008 | Telemetry Day 1 - Wingding Takes Flight
Around mid-day, Helen Davis (and Nick Villa's team) trapped a healthy, female, juvenile Red-tailed Hawk at Hawk Blind. Marion Weeks held the Redtail, while Lynn Jesus applied the transmitter. The redtail was nick-named "Wingding", after the popular font of assorted directional arrows. Cheryl K., James Raives and Marion took Wingding to Hawk Hill where she was released. True to her name, Wingding circled, and then flew eastward over Slacker, circled over East Fort Baker, and flew to Angel Island where she spent the night.
Data have not been entirely checked – contact Buzz Hull at bhull@parksconservancy.org for final results and for permission to use. |
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