Bob reports 351 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 13 Red-tailed Hawk 6 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 Cooper’s Hawk 6 Turkey Vulture 295 Black Vulture 21 Peregrine Falcon 1 Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 3 (adult, subadult and juvenile) Northeast winds switched to south and shut things down. Joe Kennedy helped out today.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 11/15/19 (797 raptors)
Bob reports 797 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 68 Red-tailed Hawk 74 Swainson’s Hawk 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 17 Cooper’s Hawk 24 Turkey Vulture 581 Black Vulture 8 American Kestrel 1 Northern Harrier 21 Ferruginous Hawk 1 (light immature) What a great day! In addition the Ferruginous Hawk there was a dark adult Harlan’s Hawk, and the sky was filled with … Read More
Smith Point Hawk Watch 11/13/19 (390 raptors)
Bob reports 390 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 53 Red-tailed Hawk 8 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 4 Turkey Vulture 311 Black Vulture 10 Northern Harrier 3 Birds of the day were two Wood Storks and five Sandhill Cranes. No visitors or helpers today. Bob was lonely!
Smith Point Hawk Watch 11/12/19 (78 raptors)
Winnie reports 78 migrating raptors today. Red-tailed Hawk 2 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Turkey Vulture 70 American Kestrel 1 Northern Harrier 2 White-tailed Kite 1 Bald Eagle 1 Lots of birds in the sky but most weren’t going anywhere. Interesting observations included a flock of over 300 migrating Killdeer and a crow (unusual at Smith Point).
Smith Point Hawk Watch 11/11/19 (5 raptors)
Bob reports 5 migrating raptors today. Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Northern Harrier 4 Lackluster day ahead of a major cold front. We’ll see what tomorrow will bring.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 11/10/19 (59 raptors)
Bob reports 59 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 12 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Turkey Vulture 34 Merlin 1 Northern Harrier 4 White-tailed Kite 1 Bald Eagle 2 A flock of 63 Red-breasted Mergansers flew out over the bay today. Neat. Marvin Masters helped out today.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 11/9/19 (999 raptors)
Bob reports 999 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 189 Red-tailed Hawk 11 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 15 Cooper’s Hawk 12 Turkey Vulture 749 American Kestrel 3 Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 12 Bald Eagle 5 (2 adults and 3 juveniles) One dark Red-tailed Hawk wowed everyone and there were lots of Anhinga, White Ibis, and American White Pelicans to keep … Read More
Smith Point Hawk Watch 11/8/19 (11 raptors)
Bob reports 11 migrating raptors today. Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 Mississippi Kite 1 Northern Harrier 6 The strong north winds and damp conditions kept everything down I guess. The late Mississippi Kite was interesting. Three local caracara and three local kestrels also added to the entertainment.
SMITH POINT HAWK WATCH 11/7/2019 (83 RAPTORS)
Bob reports 83 raptors today. Broad-winged hawk 14 Sharp-shinned hawk 9 Cooper’s hawk 3 Turkey vulture 50 Northern harrier 7. Bob had to quit early today because of the rain.
SMITH POINT HAWK WATCH 11/6/2019 (143 RAPTORS)
Bob reports 143 raptors today Broad-winged hawk 28 Red-tailed hawk 3 Swainson’s hawk 1 Sharp-shinned hawk 14 Cooper’s hawk 4 Turkey vulture 77 Black Vulture 7 Northern harrier 9. There was a strong East wind today. Bob saw 150 American White Pelicans as well.
SMITH POINT HAWK WATCH 11/5/2019 (43 RAPTORS)
Winnie Burkett reports 43 migrating raptors today. Broad-wing Hawk 4 Red-tailed Hawk 4 Sharp-shined Hawk 5 Coopers Hawk 3 Turkey Vulture 15 American Kestrel 3 Northern Harrier 9 Lots of swallows early and a Vermilion Flycatcher hanging out with some Sissor-tailed Flycatchers.