Bob reports 1585 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 1341 Red-tailed Hawk 4 Swainson’s Hawk 8 Harris’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 69 Cooper’s Hawk 32 Mississippi Kite 1 Turkey Vulture 95 American Kestrel 22 Peregrine Falcon 3 Merlin 1 Northern Harrier 8 Great day for dark morph birds – 3 dark morph Broad-wing Hawks and 1 immature dark Swainson’s Hawk.
Smith Point Hawk Watch, 10/15/17 (2131 raptors)
Bob reports 2131 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 1855 Red-tailed Hawk 4 Swainson’s Hawk 20 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 White-tailed Hawk 1 Harris’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 101 Cooper’s Hawk 40 Mississippi Kite 1 Turkey Vulture 48 Black Vulture 8 American Kestrel 29 Peregrine Falcon 3 Merlin 1 Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 13 2 Magnificent Frigatebirds remain. An adult Harris’s Hawk, … Read More
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/14/17 (3302 raptors)
Bob reports 3302 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 3089 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Swainson’s Hawk 20 Sharp-shinned Hawk 67 Coooper’s Hawk 41 Mississippi Kite 1 Turkey Vulture 32 Black Vulture 10 American Kestrel 18 Peregrine Falcon 1 Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 19 Bald Eagle 1 Still one frigatebird hanging around.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/13/17 (2423 raptors)
Bob reports 2423 raptors migrating today. Broad-winged Hawk 2159 Red-tailed Hawk 5 Swainson’s Hawk 34 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 82 Cooper’s Hawk 52 Small Accipiter 3 Mississippi Kite 8 Turkey Vulture 18 Black Vulture 10 American Kestrel 32 Merlin 1 Osprey 3 Northern Harrier 13 Bald Eagle 2 Three Wood Storks, 1 frigatebird, many White Ibis and white pelicans. … Read More
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/12/17 (2001 raptors)
Bob reports 2001 migrating raptors today! Broad-winged Hawk 1694 Red-tailed Hawk 7 Swainson’s Hawk 30 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 56 Cooper’s Hawk 57 Mississippi Kite 5 White-tailed kite 2 Turkey Vulture 81 Black Vulture 22 American Kestrel 12 Peregrine Falcon 2 Merlin 1 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 26 Bald Eagle 2 200 American White Pelicans, Lots of swallows, a … Read More
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/11/17 (4075 raptors)
Bob reports 4075 migrating raptors today. Finally some birds! Broad-winged Hawk 3514 Red-tailed Hawk 19 Swainson’s Hawk 49 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 White-tailed Hawk 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 223 Cooper’s Hawk 73 Mississippi Kite 23 Turkey Vulture 70 Black Vulture 19 American Kestrel 25 Peregrine Falcon 2 Merlin 2 Osprey 3 Northern Harrier 47 Bald Eagle 1 Over 200 white pelicans and … Read More
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/10/17 (431 raptors)
Tad reports 431 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 85 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Swainson’s Hawk 6 Sharp-shinned Hawk 230 Cooper’s Hawk 14 Mississippi Kite 8 American Kestrel 75 Peregrine Falcon 2 Merlin 5 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 3 Bald Eagle 1 Amazing number of birds going over. Season’s first Sandhill Cranes. Lots of shorebirds and accipiters everywhere. Bob’s gonna have a … Read More
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/9/17 (79 raptors)
Bob reports only 79 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 33 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 Cooper’s Hawk 7 Mississippi Kite 6 American Kite 6 Peregrine Falcon 3 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 2 One lone American White Pelican. Looking for things to pick up over the next few days after the cold front!
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/8/17 (311 raptors)
Bob reports 311 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 150 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned 68 Cooper’s Hawk 35 Mississippi Kite 11 American Kestrel 32 Peregrine Falcon 4 Merlin 1 Osprey 3 Northern Harrier 2 Four Magnificent Frigatebirds and a nice falcon showing with decent accipiters.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/7/17 (133 raptors)
Bob reports a slow day today with only 133 migrating raptors. Broad-winged Hawk 10 Sharp-shinned Hawk 88 Cooper’s Hawk 17 Mississippi Kite 8 American Kestrel 8 Peregrine Falcon 1 Northern Harrier 1 One Magnificent Frigatebird hanging around. Here’s hoping for a better day tomorrow when the participants of the Bill Clark Raptor Id Workshop will be visiting the Point!
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/6/17 (221 raptors)
Bob reports 221 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 146 Sharp-shinned Hawk 40 Cooper’s Hawk 14 Mississippi Kite 14 American Kestrel 13 Peregrine Falcon 2 Merlin 2 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 1 Over 40 Scissor-tailed Flycatchers around the tower today! It’s that time of year. The flycatchers will stack up as they contemplate making the bay crossing.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/5/17 (1771 raptors)
Bob reports a total of 1771 migrating raptors. Broad-winged Hawk 1396 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 267 Cooper’s Hawk 23 Mississippi Kite 30 American Kestrel 45 Peregrine Falcon 2 Merlin 2 Northern Harrier 3 White-tailed Kite 1 Also a flock of 170 American White Pelicans.