Bob reports 311 migrating raptors today. Northern Harrier 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 145 Cooper’s Hawk 38 Broad-winged Hawk 10 American Kestrel 112 Peregrine Falcon 2 Strong southeast winds throughout the day. Sharpies and kestrels came through despite the south wind and a single frigatebird was nice. High count of 29 Blue Jays and many swallows. Sara Harrison helped out today.

Bob reports 192 migrating raptors today. Turkey Vulture 29 White-tailed Kite 1 Mississippi Kite 9 Northern Harrier 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 39 Cooper’s Hawk 18 Broad-winged Hawk 61 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 30 Merlin 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 It was overcast most of the day. The northeast wind switched to southeast. March Brown and Sara Harrison helped out.

Bob reports 179 migrating raptors today. Mississippi Kite 1 Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 46 Cooper’s Hawk 17 Broad-winged Hawk 36 Red-tailed Hawk 2 American Kestrel 74 Merlin 1 American Kestrels put on a good show in the morning. Northeast wind all day but it didn’t produce good numbers. 250 white pelicans were nice. Lots of help today. Joe Kennedy, … Read More

Bob reports 337 migrating raptors today. Mississippi Kite 7 Northern Harrier 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 159 Cooper’s Hawk 41 Broad-winged Hawk 82 Swainson’s Hawk 1 American Kestrel 41 Merlin 1 Strong accipiter flight in the morning.

Bob reports 949 migrating raptors today. Turkey Vulture 71 Osprey 3 Mississippi Kite 5 Northern Harrier 6 Sharp-shinned Hawk 84 Cooper’s Hawk 55 Unidentified Accipiter 1 Bald Eagle 1 (subadult 1) Broad-winged Hawk 642 Swainson’s Hawk 1 American Kestrel 76 Merlin 3 Peregrine Falcon 2 The wind started out ESE and switched to SE at noon. Most of the falcon … Read More

Tad reports 1500 migrating raptors today. Black Vulture 38 Turkey Vulture 238 Osprey 1 Bald Eagle 3 (2 ad, 1 juv) Northern Harrier 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 90 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Broad-winged Hawk 966 Swainson’s Hawk 25 American Kestrel 43 Merlin 1 White-tailed Kite 1 Lots of birds moving in the morning, raptors and passerines. Good visitor participation with GCBO staff … Read More

Bob reports 77 migrating raptors today. Black Vulture 12 Mississippi Kite 1 Northern Harrier 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 Cooper’s Hawk 6 White-tailed Hawk 1 Broad-winged Hawk 37 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 4 South winds switched to west winds for five hours and then back to south by the end of the day.

Bob reports 51 migrating raptors today. Mississippi Kite 1 Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 Cooper’s Hawk 3 Broad-winged Hawk 26 American Kestrel 1 Peregrine Falcon 2 Fog early with a west wind. Around noon the wind switched south and shut everything down except for the Peregrines which arrived just before 4:00pm. They don’t care which direction the wind is … Read More

Bob reports 58 migrating raptors today. Turkey Vulture 17 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 7 Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 Cooper’s Hawk 8 Bald Eagle 1 (adult) White-tailed Hawk 2 Broad-winged Hawk 4 Swainson’s Hawk 2 American Kestrel 2 Merlin 2 The wind was west most of the day but switched to south in the last two hours. The highlight of the day … Read More

Bob reports 32 migrating raptors today. Northern Harrier 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 19 Cooper’s Hawk 5 American Kestrel 2 Merlin 3 Peregrine Falcon 2 Northeast wind and light rain most of the day from Hurricane Delta. When will it end! Feeling for you Louisiana. There was a Lark Sparrow hanging around the parking lot most of the day. Unusual at Smith … Read More

Bob reports 133 migrating raptors today. Osprey 1 Mississippi Kite 8 Northern Harrier 10 Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 Cooper’s Hawk 12 Bald Eagle 1 (juv) Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Broad-winged Hawk 60 Red-tailed Hawk 3 American Kestrel 25 Merlin 1 Northeast winds quickly changed to Southeast/Southwest. Veda Hackell and Tom Gracinin helped today.

John and Lynn Wright report 234 migrating raptors today. Osprey 4 Mississippi Kite 17 Northern Harrier 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 Cooper’s Hawk 21 Bald Eagle 1 (juvenile) Broad-winged Hawk 161 Swainson’s Hawk 4 American Kestrel 15 Peregrine Falcon 1