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Bob reports 345 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 9 Red-tailed Hawk 9 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 Cooper’s Hawk 5 Turkey Vulture 305 American Kestrel 1 Northern Harrier 8 Best bird was an intermediate immature Red-tailed Hawk.

Bob reports 166 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 13 Red-tailed Hawk 12 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 Cooper’s Hawk 6 Turkey Vulture 105 Black Vulture 11 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 9 Bald Eagle 2 (one adult, one subadult) A Red-tailed Hawk landed on the pole on the tower with the wind ribbon! Wow I bet he/she was surprised to find Bob staring … Read More

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.

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

Bob reports no count today due to rain.

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!

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).

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.

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.

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

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.

Bob reports 190 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged hawk 54 Red-tailed hawk 2 Red-shouldered hawk 1 Sharp-shinned hawk 12 Cooper’s hawk 4 Turkey vulture 92 Black vulture 14 American kestrel 2 Peregrine falcon 1 Northern harrier 8 Bob saw lots of American White Pelicans today and reported a strong East wind.