Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch

Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch is Bedford Audubon's raptor migration monitoring site. From the parking area, walk left along the fence to the cattle gate.

The Chestnut Ridge Hawkawtch is located at The Nature Conservancy's Arthur Butler Sanctuary at 260 Chestnut Ridge Road, Mount Kisco, New York. Follow the trail which takes a sharp left, and runs parallel to I-684 and up the ridge to the Hawkwatch platform, about a 15 minute walk. Google Earth Map (note parking area is near the top, and the Hawkwatch is near the bottom in this view):
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1810733,-73.6890562,570m/data=!3m1!1e3

A big Broadwing day yesterday, with 4,471 of them counted, over 4,000 of these gliding past in the 3 hours between 10am-...
09/18/2023

A big Broadwing day yesterday, with 4,471 of them counted, over 4,000 of these gliding past in the 3 hours between 10am-1pm EDT. A single stream of over 1,000 birds around noon was especially spectacular.

Migrant raptor totals for Sept. 17:

Osprey: 33
Bald Eagle: 13
N. Harrier: 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 171
Cooper’s Hawk: 3
Broad-winged Hawk: 4,471
Red-tailed Hawk: 2
Am. Kestrel: 11
Merlin: 2

Full account of the day at hawkcount.org:

https://hawkcount.org/day_summary.php?rsite=534&ryear=2023&rmonth=09&rday=17

09/22/2022

Tomorrow and Saturday (9/23 & 24) are looking good. Many Broadwings still north of us (Wachusett & Mount Watatic, 2 sites in central Mass. that have been traditionally pretty good predictors of Broadwing flights at Chestnut Ridge, had about 7,900 and 6,600 yesterday. With predicted strong NW winds for the next 2 days, we should be getting some down here!

Tough to predict these things, but tomorrow looks like it could be pretty good for Broadwings at Chestnut Ridge. We had ...
09/15/2022

Tough to predict these things, but tomorrow looks like it could be pretty good for Broadwings at Chestnut Ridge. We had 406 Broadies today, almost all in the afternoon, and winds tomorrow are forecast to be lighter than today, shifting from NW to N-ish, traditionally better for our site, as Broadwings closer to the Sound then tend to disperse a bit more inland toward us. And sounds like there may be quite a lot of them lurking around there to disperse toward us…

Today's total of 654 migrating raptors included:

156 Sharp-shinned Hawks
14 Bald Eagles
53 Am. Kestrels

We also had 55 migrating Ruby-thr. Hummingbirds zip by.

report on Hawkcount.org:
https://hawkcount.org/day_summary.php?rsite=534&ryear=2022&rmonth=09&rday=14

A cold but beautiful day to come watch for migrating raptors and enjoy the fall foliage. These northerly winds and excel...
10/25/2020

A cold but beautiful day to come watch for migrating raptors and enjoy the fall foliage. These northerly winds and excellent visibility seem promising!

10/17/2020

Happy Saturday! Today is looking like a good day for migrating raptors; sunny all day and northwest winds!

We broke our record for this season’s number of migrants of a single species in a day yesterday:1,268 Blue Jays!Click th...
10/04/2020

We broke our record for this season’s number of migrants of a single species in a day yesterday:
1,268 Blue Jays!

Click the link to see what other migrants we counted.

10/03/2020

We’re already beating our count of 323 migrating Blue Jays on Thursday. We’re also seeing small kettles of Broad-winged Hawks and plenty of Sharp-shinned Hawks and Cooper’s Hawks, as well as some Red-shouldered Hawks! Come on over!

Tomorrow’s northwest winds might make for a good chance to see migrating hawks! We’re expecting to see more Cooper’s Haw...
10/02/2020

Tomorrow’s northwest winds might make for a good chance to see migrating hawks! We’re expecting to see more Cooper’s Hawks, Sharp-shinned Hawks, and maybe some migrating Red-shouldered Hawks, Red-tailed Hawks, and Turkey Vultures, along with the usual migrants we’ve been seeing steady numbers of. Worst case, if you stay long enough, you’re almost guaranteed to spot some of the local Red-tailed Hawks, Turkey Vultures, and Black Vultures (pictured below, taken by Rich Aracil).

10/01/2020

Lots of small kettles of Broad-winged Hawks this afternoon!

We’ve got lots of warblers hanging out and catching insects near the hawkwatch today! Northern Parulas, Black-throated B...
10/01/2020

We’ve got lots of warblers hanging out and catching insects near the hawkwatch today! Northern Parulas, Black-throated Blue Warblers, Magnolia Warblers, and Blackpoll Warblers were all spotted in the last hour. Pictured is a Black-throated Green Warbler who was kind enough to pose for Rich’s camera a few days ago.

The sanctuary was closed for habitat maintenance today, so this Columbian Trig (Cyrtoxipha columbiana) was our only visi...
09/24/2020

The sanctuary was closed for habitat maintenance today, so this Columbian Trig (Cyrtoxipha columbiana) was our only visitor to the hawkwatch. We saw Sharp-shinned Hawks all day, with a total count of 107. It was a good day for American Kestrels (35) and Northern Harriers later in the day (12). We also counted 5 Bald Eagles, 2 Ospreys, and 1 Broad-winged Hawk.

Address

Arthur W. Butler Memorial Sanctuary
Mount Kisco, NY
10549

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+19142321999

Website

http://www.hawkcount.org/Chestnut_Ridge

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