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Tad reports 34 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 6 Red-tailed Hawk 5 Swainson’s Hawk 6 White-tailed Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 Cooper’s Hawk 3 American Kestrel 2 White-tailed Kite 1 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 5 At least a couple hundred vultures were stacking up at the tower and not heading across the bay providing which provided the few raptors present … Read More

Bob reports 152 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 Cooper’s Hawk 2 Turkey Vulture 137 American Kestrel 2 Northern Harrier 4 If it wasn’t for the vultures there wouldn’t be much to count. Here’s hoping the next cold front brings a few birds to keep Bob entertained!

Bob reports 99 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Turkey Vulture 70 Black Vulture 14 American Kestrel 2 Northern Harrier 7 Now that we’ve gone off Daylight Savings time, Bob will be at the tower from 7am-3pm instead of 8am-4pm.

Bob reports 210 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 4 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 Cooper’s Hawk 8 Turkey Vulture 160 Black Vulture 7 American Kestrel 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Northern Harrier 21 A single frigatebird today!

Bob reports 10 migrating raptors today. Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 American Kestrel 3 Northern Harrier 6 Two Crested Caracaras made the afternoon fun.

Bob reports 21 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Turkey Vulture 15 Northern Harrier 3 Strong south wind kept the thermals and birds down.

On this first day of November, Bob reports only 2 migrating raptors today. Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Northern Harrier 1 A rainy day kept the birds down. Tomorrow may not be any better!

Tad reports 61 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 4 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Sharp-shinned 2 Cooper’s Hawk 3 Turkey Vulture 32 Black Vulture 12 American Kestrel 2 Northern Harrier 3 The surprise of the day was the total lack of birds in the sky with the exception of swallows of which there were thousands.

Bob reports 175 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 47 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Turkey Vulture 5 American Kestrel 1 Northern Harrier 11 Two Wood Storks and one Magnificent Frigatebird made the day!

Bob reports 373 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawks 52 Red-tailed Hawk 8 Swainson’s Hawk 21 Harris’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 18 Cooper’s Hawk 13 Turkey Vulture 231 Black Vulture 2 American Kestrel 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 1 Northern Harrier 21 Osprey 1 White-tailed Kite 1 Golden Eagle 1 Winnie Burkett arrived at dawn and was rewarded with a coyote … Read More

Bob reports 1292 migrating raptors today. 1292 Broad-winged Hawk 447 Red-tailed Hawk 21 Swainson’s Hawk 42 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 White-tailed Hawk 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 64 Cooper’s Hawk 39 Turkey Vulture 624 American Kestrel 10 Merlin 2 Northern Harrier 31 Harris’s Hawk 3 Golden Eagle 1 (juvenile) Bald Eagle 4 (2 adults, one third year, one fourth year) Two Snow Geese … Read More

Bob reports 223 migrating raptors today. Red-tailed Hawk 1 Swainson’s Hawk 11 Sharp-shinned Hawk 19 Cooper’s Hawk 4 Turkey Vulture 153 Black Vulture 5 American Kestrel 13 Peregrine Falcon 3 Merlin 2 Northern Harrier 12 One wood stork hanging around and one of the Merlins was a male prairie, cool looking bird.