Broad-winged Hawk 709 Red-tailed Hawk 4 Swainson’s Hawk 8 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 White-tailed Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 83 Cooper’s Hawk 24 American Kestrel 16 Peregrine Falcon 1 Mississippi Kite 6 Turkey Vulture 38 Osprey 2 Bald Eagle 4 Northern Harrier 7 Poor showing for a cold front day! Joe Kennedy and Veda Haskell helped out today.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/11/19 (60 raptors)
Bob reports 60 migrating raptors today. Sharp-shinned Hawk 34 Cooper’s Hawk 2 American Kestrel 17 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 2 Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 1 The temperature dropped from around 85 to 60 in a matter of hours as the cold front passed through and brought strong north winds. Tomorrow and Sunday will hopefully bring us some birds!
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/10/19 (121 raptors)
Bob reports 121 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 92 Cooper’s Hawk 15 Mississippi Kite 2 American Kestrel 5 Northern Harrier 3 Those darn strong south winds ahead of the cold front kept the birds down. Look out for Saturday!
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/9/19 (386 raptors)
Bob reports 386 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 200 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 115 Cooper’s Hawk 36 Mississippi Kite 3 American Kestrel 20 Merlin 3 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 6 Northeast winds for a couple of hours and then southeast the rest of the day. Greg Geoffroy and Bob Mitchem helped with the count. We also … Read More
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/8/19 (479 raptors)
Joe reports 479 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 322 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Swainson’s Hawk 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 White-tailed Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 27 Cooper’s Hawk 65 Mississippi Kite 8 Turkey Vulture 35 American Kestrel 4 Peregrine Falcon 2 Merlin 1 Osprey 3 Northern Harrier 4 The front was a dud! Hopefully the next one will be better. The wind … Read More
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/7/19 (880 raptors)
Bob reports 880 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 333 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Swainson’s Hawk 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 327 Cooper’s Hawk 135 Mississippi Kite 22 American Kestrel 34 Peregrine Falcon 10 Merlin 6 Northern Harrier 4 Osprey 1 The front arrive in the late morning and brought a lot of accipiters. Hoping the Broad-wings arrive tomorrow! Tad Finnell, … Read More
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/6/19 (170 raptors)
Bob reports 170 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 34 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 98 Cooper’s Hawk 15 Mississippi Kite 4 American Kestrel 8 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 4 Northern Harrier 3 Southeast wind today kept the birds down. Regina Tippets helped out today. The cold front arrives tomorrow! That should be a lot of birds. I’m … Read More
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/5/19 (972 raptors)
Bob reports 972 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 624 Red-tailed Hawk 4 Swainson’s Hawk 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 194 Cooper’s Hawk 84 Mississippi Kite 9 American Kestrel 43 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 4 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 5 Joe Kennedy, Nina Sitra, and Veda Hackell helped out today. Northeast winds for the first three hours were great but then it switched … Read More
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/4/19 (812 raptors)
Bob reports 812 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 588 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Swainson’s Hawk 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 110 Cooper’s Hawk 66 Mississippi Kite 27 American Kestrel 8 Peregrine Falcon 6 Merlin 1 Highlights include three Peregrine Falcons in the air at once and two having a tussle right over the tower.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/3/19 (1687 raptors)
Bob reports 1687 raptors today. It just keeps getting better! Broad-winged Hawk 1518 White-tailed Hawk 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 76 Cooper’s Hawk 33 Mississippi Kite 18 American Kestrel 30 Peregrine Falcon 2 Merlin 1 unidentified small falcon 2 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 3 Bald Eagle 1 Two hours of north east wind gave the flight some boost but then it switched … Read More
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/2/19 (1339 raptors)
Bob reports 1339 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 1143 Red-tailed Hawk 4 Swainson’s Hawk 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 107 Cooper’s Hawk 44 Mississippi Kite 4 American Kestrel 20 Peregrine Falcon 5 Merlin 5 Osprey 1 Bald Eagle 4 Nina Sitra, Mark Swanson and Linda Hoffman all helped out today. Esteemed visitor’s included Bob Mitchum and his daughter Ann as well as … Read More
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/1/19 (1306 raptors)
Bob reports 1306 migrating raptors today. Now you’re talking! Broad-winged Hawk 1156 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 88 Cooper’s Hawk 29 Mississippi Kite 10 American Kestrel 10 Peregrine Falcon 2 Merlin 5 Osprey 3 Northern Harrier 2 Four local Crested Caracaras provided extra entertainment throughout the day and a 5th grade class came and showed off their birding skills.