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Bob reports 4075 migrating raptors today. Finally some birds! Broad-winged Hawk 3514 Red-tailed Hawk 19 Swainson’s Hawk 49 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 White-tailed Hawk 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 223 Cooper’s Hawk 73 Mississippi Kite 23 Turkey Vulture 70 Black Vulture 19 American Kestrel 25 Peregrine Falcon 2 Merlin 2 Osprey 3 Northern Harrier 47 Bald Eagle 1 Over 200 white pelicans and … Read More

Tad reports 431 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 85 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Swainson’s Hawk 6 Sharp-shinned Hawk 230 Cooper’s Hawk 14 Mississippi Kite 8 American Kestrel 75 Peregrine Falcon 2 Merlin 5 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 3 Bald Eagle 1 Amazing number of birds going over. Season’s first Sandhill Cranes. Lots of shorebirds and accipiters everywhere. Bob’s gonna have a … Read More

Bob reports only 79 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 33 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 Cooper’s Hawk 7 Mississippi Kite 6 American Kite 6 Peregrine Falcon 3 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 2 One lone American White Pelican. Looking for things to pick up over the next few days after the cold front!

Bob reports 311 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 150 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned 68 Cooper’s Hawk 35 Mississippi Kite 11 American Kestrel 32 Peregrine Falcon 4 Merlin 1 Osprey 3 Northern Harrier 2 Four Magnificent Frigatebirds and a nice falcon showing with decent accipiters.

Bob reports a slow day today with only 133 migrating raptors. Broad-winged Hawk 10 Sharp-shinned Hawk 88 Cooper’s Hawk 17 Mississippi Kite 8 American Kestrel 8 Peregrine Falcon 1 Northern Harrier 1 One Magnificent Frigatebird hanging around. Here’s hoping for a better day tomorrow when the participants of the Bill Clark Raptor Id Workshop will be visiting the Point!

Bob reports 221 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 146 Sharp-shinned Hawk 40 Cooper’s Hawk 14 Mississippi Kite 14 American Kestrel 13 Peregrine Falcon 2 Merlin 2 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 1 Over 40 Scissor-tailed Flycatchers around the tower today! It’s that time of year. The flycatchers will stack up as they contemplate making the bay crossing.

Bob reports a total of 1771 migrating raptors. Broad-winged Hawk 1396 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 267 Cooper’s Hawk 23 Mississippi Kite 30 American Kestrel 45 Peregrine Falcon 2 Merlin 2 Northern Harrier 3 White-tailed Kite 1 Also a flock of 170 American White Pelicans.

Bob reports 536 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 249 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 149 Cooper’s Hawk 29 Mississippi Kite 75 American Kestrel 22 Peregrine Falcon 2 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 5 Also 30 American White Pelicans and 1 Magnificent Frigatebird.

Well the rain really did a number so to speak on the count today. Tad reports only 7 migrating birds and they were all Sharp-shinned Hawks! Maybe Bob will have a better day tomorrow.

Bob reports a total of 510 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 359 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 80 Cooper’s Hawk 17 Small Accipiter 1 Mississippi Kite 29 American Kestrel 14 Peregrine Falcon 3 Merlin 2 Northern Harrier 4 There was a lot of rain early which closed down the count several times. First thing in the morning there was a … Read More

Bob reports 670 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 477 Swainson’s Hawk 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 76 Cooper’s Hawk 17 Small accipiter 8 Mississippi Kite 44 American Kestrel 30 Peregrine Falcon 4 Merlin 1 Northern Harrier 9 Observers reported a possible Couch’s Kingbird. Many white pelicans today with one flock of 130 and another of 110.

673 Broad-winged Hawk 480 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Harris’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 75 Cooper’s Hawk 36 Mississippi Kite 58 American Kestrel 13 Peregrine Falcon 4 Northern Harrier 1 1 Wood Stork still hanging around. There is a Snowy Plover at Robbins Park. If you walk around in the mottes looking for passerines, beware of ticks!