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Bob reports 1783 migrating raptors today. Broad–winged Hawk 1432 Red-tailed Hawk 4 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 208 Cooper’s Hawk 66 Mississippi Kite 36 American Kestrel 23 Peregrine Falcon 3 Merlin 4 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 4 The Nature Discovery Center group found a male Cerulean Warbler in one of the mottes! Also some Wood Storks hanging … Read More

Bob reports 317 raptors today. Things should pick up considerably over the next several days. Broad-winged Hawk 136 Red-tailed Hawk 8 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 93 Cooper’s Hawk 37 Small accipiter 10 Mississippi Kite 10 Swallow-tailed Kite 1 American Kestrel 5 Peregrine Falcon 7 Merlin 4 Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 2 Bald Eagle 1 An adult Bald Eagle was … Read More

Bob reports 202 raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 96 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 44 Cooper’s Hawk 22 Mississippi Kite 25 American Kestrel 6 Peregrine Falcon 3 Merlin 3 The Common Loon of the season made an appearance and the gang of 8 frigatebirds returned. Also the alligator in the pond by the tower was growling!

Tad reports 245 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 141 Sharp-shinned 57 Cooper’s Hawk 16 Mississippi Kite 16 American Kestrel 6 Merlin 4 Osprey 5 The kite from yesterday turned out to be a young Mississippi Kite. Fooled everyone!

Bob reports 525 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 219 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 21 Cooper’s Hawk 5 Mississippi Kite 258 American Kestrel 10 Peregrine Falcon 2 Merlin 5 Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 2 And an odd looking kite photos of which have been sent off for review. Stay tuned!

Where’d the birds go? Broad-winged Hawk 117 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 Cooper’s Hawk 9 Mississippi Kite 74 American Kestrel 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 3 Osprey 3 Northern Harrier 2 Bob reports a great Merlin show today and Nina found the pictured Water Moccasin on one of the paths to the mottes. Be careful out there.

Bob reports 2380 raptors. Another great day! Broad-winged Hawk 2012 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Swainson’s Hawk 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 Cooper’s Hawk 30 Mississippi Kite 303 Swallow-tailed Kite 1 American Kestrel 5 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 4 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 2 Also some nice passerine migrants. Yellow-throated Warbler, Baltimore Oriole, Black and White Warbler, Nashville Warbler and Blue Grosbeak.

Good day today! Bob reports 1897 migrating raptors. Broad-winged Hawk 1078 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 Cooper’s Hawk 32 Mississippi Kite 756 Swallow-tailed Kite 3 American Kestrel 2 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 3 Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 3

Bob reports 70 migrating raptors today. Broad-winged Hawk 5 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk Mississippi Kite 61 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 1

Another slow day! Darn those south winds. Bob reports 185 migrating raptors. Broad-winged Hawk 116 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Mississippi Kite 64 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 1 Northern Harrier 1 Lots of hummers and the gang of 8 frigatebirds kept things interesting.

Tad reports 274 migrating raptors today: Broad-winged Hawk 139 Swainson’s Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 White-tailed Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 4 Mississippi Kite 126 Swallow-tailed Kite 1 In the morning there were lots and lots of Dickcissels, warblers and Eastern Kingbirds passing through.

Bob reports 81 birds today. Broad-winged Hawk 24 Swainson’s Hawk 2 Mississippi Kite 52 Peregrine Falcon 1 Merlin 2 Also a lone American White Pelican, 8 frigatebirds at once, a Black-chinned Hummingbird, and possibly a Rufous Hummingbird. The road is out on FM 562 south of SH 61 and also on FM 1985 east of Anahuac NWR so to get … Read More