Smith Point Hawk Watch 9/29/17 (1783 raptors)

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Bob reports 1783 migrating raptors today.

Broad–winged Hawk 1432
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Swainson’s Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 208
Cooper’s Hawk 66
Mississippi Kite 36
American Kestrel 23
Peregrine Falcon 3
Merlin 4
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 4

The Nature Discovery Center group found a male Cerulean Warbler in one of the mottes! Also some Wood Storks hanging around, 30 American White Pelicans, and a few other passerines.

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