In Bob’s words “What a difference a day makes”. A slower day than the past two but still birds! Come on out and see. Broad-winged Hawk 28 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Cooper’s Hawk 5 Mississippi Kite 36 American Kestrel 4 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 1 Northern Harrier 3
Smith Point Hawk Watch 9/14/16 (1410 raptors)
Well Bob topped Tad’s day yesterday. The birds are heading our way! Broad-winged Hawk 1165 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Cooper’s Hawk 2 Mississippi Kite 227 Black Vulture 10 American Kestrel 1 Merlin 1 Osprey 1
Smith Point Hawk Watch 9/13/16 (1001 raptors)
Tad does it again! The best day so far. Broad-winged Hawk 550 Cooper’s Hawk 7 Mississippi Kite 433 Swallow-tailed Kite 4 American Kestrel 2 Peregrine Falcon 2 Merlin 1 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 1
Smith Point Hawk Watch 9/12/16 (163 raptors)
Bob reports a decent day with our first kestrels of the season. Broad-winged Hawk 80 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 4 Mississippi Kite 71 American Kestrel 2 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 1 Osprey 1
Smith Point Hawk Watch 9/11/16 (675 raptors)
Bob reports a great day! Shows you what north winds will do for migrating raptors. Broad-winged Hawk 580 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 Cooper’s Hawk 5 Mississippi Kite 72 Peregrine Falcon 6 Osprey 2
Smith Point Hawk Watch, 9/10/16 (42 raptors)
Bob reports another slow day but the Swallow-tailed Kites keep on rolling through: Broad-winged Hawk 15 Cooper’s Hawk 2 Mississippi Kite 19 Swallow-tailed Kite 5 Northern Harrier 1
Smith Point Hawk Watch, 9/9/16 (59 raptors)
Bob reports another day with south winds. Will they ever go away? Broad-winged Hawk 58 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Mississippi Kite 18 Swallow-tailed Kite 9 Northern Harrier 1 We are having a great year for Swallow-tailed Kites!
Smith Point Hawk Watch 9/8/16 (46 raptors)
Bob reports yet another south wind day but not as strong as the past few days. Thus a few more birds. Broad-winged Hawk 23 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 2 Mississippi Kite 13 Swallow-tailed Kite 4 Merlin 1 Osprey 1
Smith Point Hawk Watch, 9/7/15 (21 raptors)
Another day with strong south winds and thus not many birds. Broad-winged Hawk 7 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Cooper’s Hawk 3 Mississippi Kite 6 Swallow-tailed Kite 1 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 1
Smith Point Hawk Watch, 9/6/16 (15 raptors)
Tad reports another slow day with strong south winds. Broad-winged Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 2 Mississippi Kite 12
Smith Point Hawk Watch, 9/5/16 (15 raptors)
Bob reports a slow day with strong south winds. Broad-winged Hawk 3 Mississippi Kite 11 Swallow-tailed Kite 1
Smith Point Hawk Watch, 9/4/16 (56 raptors)
Bob reports a slower day than the past few with only 56 raptors. Broad-winged Hawk 4 Mississippi Kite 50 Swallow-tailed Kite 2 The highlight of the day was a Magnificent Frigatebird and a Swallow-tailed Kite hanging about 20 feet above the tower for a bit. In Bob’s words “It was awesome!”.