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.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/14/20 (949 raptors)
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
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/13/20 (1500 raptors)
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
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/12/20 (77 raptors)
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.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/11/20 (51 raptors)
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
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/10/20 (58 raptors)
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
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/8/20 (32 raptors)
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
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/7/20 (133 raptors)
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.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/6/20 (234 raptors)
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
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/5/20 (349 raptors)
Bob reports 349 migrating raptors today. Mississippi Kite 5 Northern Harrier 7 Sharp-shinned Hawk 29 Cooper’s Hawk 9 Bald Eagle 1 (first year) Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Broad-winged Hawk 270 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 23 Merlin 2 Peregrine Falcon 1 The wind started NE but switched to SE pretty quickly. Marvin Masters helped out today.
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/4/20 (1212 raptors)
Bob reports 1212 migrating raptors today. Mississippi Kite 43 Northern Harrier 38 Sharp-shinned Hawk 34 Cooper’s Hawk 41 Bald Eagle 1 (adult) Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1002 Swainson’s Hawk 17 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 30 Peregrine Falcon 4 The Broad-wings includes one dark adult and three dark unknown age. Those are always so awesome to see! A flock … Read More
Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/3/20 (88 raptors)
Bob reports 88 migrating raptors today. Northern Harrier 10 Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 Cooper’s Hawk 13 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Broad-winged Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 American Kestrel 43 Merlin 3 Peregrine Falcon 1 The sky was hazy all day with east southeast wind. The Blue Jays were still in full force though. Joe Kennedy helped out today.