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
Smith Point Hawk Watch 11/8/17 (198 raptors)
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
Smith Point Hawk Watch 11/7/17 (34 raptors)
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
Smith Point Hawk Watch 11/6/17 (152 raptors)
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!
Smith Point Hawk Watch 11/5/17 (99 raptors)
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.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 11/4/17 (210 raptors)
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!
Smith Point Hawk Watch 11/3/17 (10 raptors)
Bob reports 10 migrating raptors today. Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 American Kestrel 3 Northern Harrier 6 Two Crested Caracaras made the afternoon fun.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 11/2/17 (21 raptors)
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.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 11/1/17 (2 raptors)
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!
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/31/17 (61 raptors)
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.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/30/17 (175 raptors)
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!
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/29/17 (373 raptors)
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