Re: [Maine-birds] Red Tailed Hawk Contest

We do this too, but also place bets before setting out on how many we'll see.

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 7:49 AM David Gulick <dvdgu741@gmail.com> wrote:

I did that for many years! Each time trying to beat my own record. I was driving Portland to 495 in MA to Route 2 west toward Greenfield MA. Interesting to me was that the count always ended when I got onto Route 2 west. Almost never any RTHAs even though many miles traveled. They greatly prefer 95 and 495. My record over decades(?) of counting was 23 so you win Aletha. One time my occasional-birder sister did a count driving from NYC up to Northampton MA and counted 35! I was crushed. 

Sent from my iphone with auto incorrect activated  :-)

On Feb 18, 2019, at 6:56 PM, Aletha Boyle <mainelypets@gmail.com> wrote:

On the way back from Needham MA, to Cape Neddick ME on Sunday, my kids and their wives and I had a contest.  

Count the Red Tailed Hawks along 95.  Totals:  3 flying, and 29 on Trees!  

--
Maine birds mailing list
maine-birds@googlegroups.com
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds
https://sites.google.com/site/birding207
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

--
Maine birds mailing list
maine-birds@googlegroups.com
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds
https://sites.google.com/site/birding207
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

--
Maine birds mailing list
maine-birds@googlegroups.com
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds
https://sites.google.com/site/birding207
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.