Smith Point Hawkwatch report for Oct 27. Moderate northwest winds and overcast until noon. Birds arrived with the sun. Nice variety today and some nice surprises: 2 storks, 16 Sandhill Cranes and 3 different age classes of Bald Eagles. Marvin Masters and Joe Kennedy helped with the count. Bob
Migrants
8 Black Vulture
79 Turkey Vultures
2 Osprey
25 Northern Harrier
2 Bald Eagle
4 Sharp-shinned Hawks
9 Cooper’s Hawks
357 Broad-winged Hawks
5 Red-tailed Hawks
7 Swainson’s Hawks
2 American Kestrels
1 Peregrine
1 White-tailed Kite

2015 Smith Point YTD
Black Vulture 39
Turkey Vulture 426
Osprey 68
Bald Eagle 6
Northern Harrier 296
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1776
Cooper’s Hawk 1094
Red-shouldered Hawk 36
Broad-winged Hawk 19569
Red-tailed Hawk 52
Swainson’s Hawk 236
Ferruginous Hawk 0
White-tailed Hawk 3
Harris’s Hawk 0
Zone-tailed Hawk 0
Golden Eagle 0
American Kestrel 513
Merlin 50
Peregrine Falcon 72
Prairie Falcon 0
Crested Caracara 0
Mississippi Kite 4925
Swallow-tailed Kite 99
White-tailed Kite 11
Hook-billed Kite 0
unidentified Accipiter 6
unidentified Buteo 4
unidentified falcon 0
unidentified eagle 0
unidentified raptor 0

Total 29281