2011 Hawk trapping totals

Thank you to Frank for compiling this:

This year we banded a total of 142 birds, not one of our best years, a little worse than last year at 167, but a little better than the year before when we only got 94.

Peregrines 2
Immys 2 . . . Males 0 . . . Females 2Adults 0 . . . Males 0 . . . Females 0

Merlins 14
Immys 14 . . . Males 8 . . . Females 6Adults 00 . . . Males 0 . . . Females 0

Kestrels 1
Immys 1 . . . Males 1 . . . Females 0 Adults 0 . . . Males 0 . . . Females 0

Goshawks 9
Immys 8 . . . Males 7 . . . Females 1 Adults 1 . . . Males 0 . . . Females 1

Cooper’s 5
Immys 1 . . . Males 1 . . . Females 0 Adults 4 . . . Males 2 . . . Females 2

Sharp-shins 92
Immys 61 . . . Males 28 . . . Females 33 Adults 31 . . . Males 11 . . . Females 20

Red-tails 19
Immys 13 . . . Males 10 . . . Females 3 Adults 6 . . . Males 5 . . . Females 1

Rough-legs 1
Immys 1 . . . Males 0 . . . Females 1Adults 0 . . . Males 0 . . . Females 0

No Broad-wings
No Harriers
No Eagles
Total Raptors 142

We caught only one banded bird this year,an immature male Goshawk, 20 minutes after we banded it and released it.

We had a total of 57 bounce-outs. (4 less than last year)