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A great day with a very late Swallow-tailed Kite! Broad-winged Hawk 1544 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Swainson’s Hawk 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 319 Cooper’s Hawk 39 Mississippi Kite 6 Swallow-tailed Kite 1 White-tailed Kite 1 American Kestrel 43 Merlin 5 Northern Harrier 12

Things are slowing down. Maybe there’s another big slug of Broad-wings up the pike. Time will tell. Broad-winged Hawk 319 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 102 Cooper’s Hawk 50 Mississippi Kite 13 Turkey Vulture 15 American Kestrel 12 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 1 Northern Harrier 6 Bald Eagle 1

A slow day. Broad-winged Hawk 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 41 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Peregrine Falcon 1

Well it’s Tuesday and Tad was there so guess what – a lot of birds! Broad-winged Hawk 1816 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 89 Cooper’s Hawk 13 Mississippi Kite 25 Turkey Vulture 25 American Kestrel 5 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 1 Northern Harrier 4

A decent day but nothing like the weekend! Broad-winged Hawk 449 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 135 Cooper’s Hawk 25 Small accipiter 1 Mississippi Kite 10 American Kestrel 4 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 1 Northern Harrier 6

In Bob’s own words – what a difference a day makes. Far fewer birds today! Broad-winged Hawk 1138 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 57 Cooper’s Hawk 26 Mississippi Kite 15 American Kestrel 4 Peregrine Falcon 4 Merlin 2 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 7

A Great Day!!! Our Photography Workshop with Alan Murphy was a great success. Thank you Alan! And the birds! Wow. They just kept coming and coming. All those raptors plus a beautiful male Vermillion Flycatcher along the fence row and a Red-breasted Nuthatch in the north oak motte. It just doesn’t get much better than this day at the Point. … Read More

Beautiful weather but not as many birds as the past few days. We got strafed by a Cooper’s Hawk several times and an adult male Rufous Hummingbird at the feeders was a treat. Broad-winged Hawk 1466 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Swainson’s Hawk 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 57 Cooper’s Hawk 26 Unidentified accipter 2 Mississippi Kite 11 American kestrel 1017 Peregrine Falcon 1 … Read More

Another rocking day! Broad-winged Hawk 3952 Red-tailed Hawk 5 Swainson’s Hawk 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 399 Cooper’s Hawk 184 Mississippi Kite 45 American Kestrel 22 Peregrine Falcon 12 Merlin 3 Osprey 3 Northern Harrier 13 Bald Eagle 1 Note: I will be at the hawk watch tomorrow and may not have internet access to post the totals.

Another great day at the point with nice temps for a change! Black Vulture 7 Broad-winged Hawk 2933 Red-tailed Hawk 5 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 192 Cooper’s Hawk 177 Mississippi Kite 58 American Kestrel 17 Peregrine Falcon 4 Merlin 3 Northern Harrier 7

Tad does it again! The best day so far. Birds in the air all day and many observers got great looks. Turkey Vulture 25 Black Vulture 8 Broad-winged Hawk 5843 Red-tailed Hawk 10 Swainson’s Hawk 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 325 Cooper’s Hawk 83 Mississippi Kite 75 White-tailed Kite 1 American Kestrel 29 Peregrine Falcon 15 Merlin 3 Osprey … Read More

Bob reports a good day with only one hour missed due to rain. Broad-winged Hawk 424 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 112 Cooper’s Hawk 19 Mississippi Kite 128 Swallow-tailed Kite 2 American Kestrel 3 Peregrine Falcon 4 Merlin 2 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 4