Bob reports 824 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 361 Red-tailed Hawk 24 Swainson’s Hawk 31 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Harris’s Hawk 1 White-tailed Hawk 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 31 Cooper’s Hawk 23 Turkey Vulture 290 Black Vulture 12 American Kestrel 6 Peregrine Falcon 1 Northern Harrier 33 Bald Eagle 5 Lots of Snow Geese, 8 or 9 Ross’s Geese, Greater White-fronted Geese, … Read More

Bob reports 198 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 35 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Swainson’s Hawk 16 Harris’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 Cooper’s Hawk 4 Turkey Vulture 95 Black Vulture 9 American Kestrel 7 Peregrine Falcon 4 Northern Harrier 12 The Harris’s Hawk was an adult. About 100 Snow Geese, lots of Lesser Scaup, several age classes of White-tailed Hawks, and … Read More

Tad reports 34 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 6 Red-tailed Hawk 5 Swainson’s Hawk 6 White-tailed Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 Cooper’s Hawk 3 American Kestrel 2 White-tailed Kite 1 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 5 At least a couple hundred vultures were stacking up at the tower and not heading across the bay providing which provided the few raptors present … Read More

Bob reports 152 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 Cooper’s Hawk 2 Turkey Vulture 137 American Kestrel 2 Northern Harrier 4 If it wasn’t for the vultures there wouldn’t be much to count. Here’s hoping the next cold front brings a few birds to keep Bob entertained!

Bob reports 99 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Turkey Vulture 70 Black Vulture 14 American Kestrel 2 Northern Harrier 7 Now that we’ve gone off Daylight Savings time, Bob will be at the tower from 7am-3pm instead of 8am-4pm.

Bob reports 210 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 4 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 Cooper’s Hawk 8 Turkey Vulture 160 Black Vulture 7 American Kestrel 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Northern Harrier 21 A single frigatebird today!

Bob reports 10 migrating raptors today. Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 American Kestrel 3 Northern Harrier 6 Two Crested Caracaras made the afternoon fun.

Bob reports 21 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Turkey Vulture 15 Northern Harrier 3 Strong south wind kept the thermals and birds down.

On this first day of November, Bob reports only 2 migrating raptors today. Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Northern Harrier 1 A rainy day kept the birds down. Tomorrow may not be any better!

Tad reports 61 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 4 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Sharp-shinned 2 Cooper’s Hawk 3 Turkey Vulture 32 Black Vulture 12 American Kestrel 2 Northern Harrier 3 The surprise of the day was the total lack of birds in the sky with the exception of swallows of which there were thousands.

Bob reports 175 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 47 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Turkey Vulture 5 American Kestrel 1 Northern Harrier 11 Two Wood Storks and one Magnificent Frigatebird made the day!

Bob reports 373 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawks 52 Red-tailed Hawk 8 Swainson’s Hawk 21 Harris’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 18 Cooper’s Hawk 13 Turkey Vulture 231 Black Vulture 2 American Kestrel 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 1 Northern Harrier 21 Osprey 1 White-tailed Kite 1 Golden Eagle 1 Winnie Burkett arrived at dawn and was rewarded with a coyote … Read More