Good day today! Bob reports 1897 migrating raptors. Broad-winged Hawk 1078 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 Cooper’s Hawk 32 Mississippi Kite 756 Swallow-tailed Kite 3 American Kestrel 2 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 3 Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 3
Smith Point Hawk Watch 9/21/17 (70 raptors)
Bob reports 70 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 5 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk Mississippi Kite 61 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 1
Smith Point Hawk Watch 9/20/17 (185 raptors)
Another slow day! Darn those south winds. Bob reports 185 migrating raptors. Broad-winged Hawk 116 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Mississippi Kite 64 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 1 Northern Harrier 1 Lots of hummers and the gang of 8 frigatebirds kept things interesting.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 9/19/17 (274 raptors)
Tad reports 274 migrating raptors today: Broad-winged Hawk 139 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 White-tailed Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 4 Mississippi Kite 126 Swallow-tailed Kite 1 In the morning there were lots and lots of Dickcissels, warblers and Eastern Kingbirds passing through.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 9/18/17 (81)
Bob reports 81 birds today. Broad-winged Hawk 24 Swainson’s Hawk 2 Mississippi Kite 52 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 2 Also a lone American White Pelican, 8 frigatebirds at once, a Black-chinned Hummingbird, and possibly a Rufous Hummingbird. The road is out on FM 562 south of SH 61 and also on FM 1985 east of Anahuac NWR so to get … Read More
Smith Point Hawk Watch 9/17/17 (218 raptors)
Bob reports a total of 218 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 165 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 6 Mississippi Kite 38 Peregrine Falcon 2 After a nice morning, strong south winds in the afternoon shut things down pretty quickly.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 9/16/17 (270 raptors)
Bob reports 270 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 184 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 4 Mississippi Kite 69 Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 2 Merlin 4 Also White-eyed Vireo, Yellow Warbler and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 9/15/17 (364 raptors)
Bob reports 364 migrating birds today. Broad-winged Hawk 225 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Cooper’s Hawk 3 Mississippi Kite 106 Black Vulture 23 Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 1 Nothing else too exciting. Still a couple Olive-sided Flycatchers around and two frigatebirds today.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 9/14/17 (59 raptors)
Bob reports 59 migrants today. Broad-winged Hawk 40 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 6 Mississippi Kite 8 Peregrine Falcon 1 Northern Harrier 3 Eight frigatebirds at once made Bob a happy guy today!
Smith Point Hawk Watch 9/13/17 (240 raptors)
Bob reports 240 birds today. Broad-winged Hawk 176 Cooper’s Hawk 2 Mississippi Kite 60 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 1 Two Magnificent Frigatebirds were the first in several days and lots of hummers, maybe 70 at the feeders.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 9/12/17 (9156 raptors)
Wow!! Back to back 4 digit days. You shoulda been there! Wish I had been. Broad-winged Hawk 9065 Red-tailed Hawk 4 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 6 Mississippi Kite 74 White-tailed Kite 1 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 3 Birds started early and continued all day with big numbers into the afternoon. Birds were high and obviously planning … Read More
Smith Point Hawk Watch 9/11/17 (3948 raptors)
Great day finally! Broad-winged Hawk 3898 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 3 Mississippi Kite 39 Swallow-tailed Kite 1 Northern Harrier 5 Also lots of passerine migration happening.