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Tad reports 15,566 migrating raptors today. WOW!!! I told you they would come when the rain stopped! Broad-winged Hawk 14,250 Swainson’s Hawk 33 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Cooper’s Hawk 33 Mississippi Kite 1232 Swallow-tailed Kite 1 Peregrine Falcon 5 Merlin 1 Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 2 Bald Eagle 1 (youngster) Cessation of rains and north winds finally brought … Read More

Bob reports 6903 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 6370 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 Cooper’s Hawk 3 Mississippi Kite 513 Swallow-tailed Kite 1 Peregrine Falcon 3 Merlin 1 Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 4 Other birds of note: 4 young White-tailed Hawks circling around late in the day. Lots of help today! Thanks everyone! The Smith Point … Read More

Bob reports 1430 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 567 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Harris’s Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 Cooper’s Hawk 3 Mississippi Kite 832 Swallow-tailed Kite 3 White-tailed Kite 1 American Kestrel 2 Peregrine Falcon 5 Merlin 1 Northern Harrier 2 Other birds of note: American White Pelicans, Yellow-breasted Chat, Reddish Egret, Blue Grosbeak. Lots of help … Read More

Bob reported 752 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 157 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Mississippi Kite 571 Swallow-tailed Kite 14 American Kestrel 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 4 Osprey 2 Other birds of note: Cedar Waxwing, Inca Dove, 2000 White Ibis, 5 White Pelicans, 220 Anhinga, 18 Magnificent Frigatebird, and lots of swallow diversity. Marvin Masters helped today. The … Read More

Bob reports 0 migrating raptors today due to rain most of the day. One Black-chinned Hummingbird in the mix the feeders. The Smith Point Hawk Watch is funded entirely through donations and grants. We have received a number of donations! Thank you! We are about 1/5 of the way to full funding. If you would like to make a contribution, … Read More

Bob reports 92 migrating raptors today. Only 4.5 hours due to rain. Misssissippi Kite 86 Swallow-tailed Kite 3 Peregrine Falcon 2 Osprey 1 Other birds of note: Six Magnificent Frigatebirds. The Smith Point Hawk Watch is funded entirely through donations and grants. We have received a number of donations! Thank you! We are about 1/5 of the way to full … Read More

Bob reports 8 Mississippi Kites in an hour and a quarter of counting this afternoon. It rained all day until late when he was finally able to get back up on the tower. Rain, rain, rain! When will it end. When it does look out! The birds will be coming through fast and furious. The Smith Point Hawk Watch is … Read More

Tad reports no migrating raptors today. Intermittent rain all day. There were at least 50 hummingbirds at the feeders during the rain and loads of passerines in the woods including Orchard Oriole, Blue Grosbeak, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and a group of seven Eastern Kingbirds. Entertaining was a raccoon who decided to check out the tower until he saw Tad on top … Read More

Bob reports 0 migrating raptors today. It started raining after a couple of hours and never stopped. Hummingbirds seemed to slacking off a bit.

Bob reports 108 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 14 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Mississippi Kite 92 White-tailed Hawk 1 Other birds of note: Lots of White Ibis, a few Magnificent Frigatebirds, and a few spoonbills. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds continue in large numbers. Several visitor’s today kept Bob entertained. There was rain all around but none at the tower. The Smith Point Hawk … Read More

Bob reports 78 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 16 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 2 Mississippi Kite 55 Swallow-tailed Kite 2 American Kestrel 1 Bald Eagle 1 (adult) Other birds of note: 17 Roseate Spoonbills, 166 Eastern Kingbirds, 2 Olive-sided Flycatchers, and about 400 Purple Martins. The hummingbirds are swarming too! Joe Kennedy helped today. The Smith Point Hawk Watch … Read More

Bob reports 258 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 3 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Cooper’s Hawk 2 Mississippi Kite 248 Swallow-tailed Kite 1 Osprey 2 Lots of hummingbirds! Sara Harrison helped out today. Come out and see the fantastic raptor board that Jim Stevenson donated to us!