September 25th - Just 5 Birds

We had excellent whispy cloud cover high up for several hours today but unfortunately we couldn't find anything flying along. We counted just 5 birds in the span of 6 hours.

Today:
Osprey - 1
Northern Harrier - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Total - 5

To Date:
Turkey Vulture - 562
Osprey - 105
Bald Eagle - 90
Northern Harrier - 67
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1193
Cooper's Hawk - 19
Northern Goshawk - 0
Red-shouldered Hawk - 0
Broad-winged Hawk - 139
Red-tailed Hawk - 61
Rough-legged Hawk - 0
Golden Eagle - 0
American Kestrel - 426
Merlin - 31
Peregrine Falcon - 12
Total - 2705

The only shot that I took today...

Osprey

 

Our big highlight of the day was a Pileated Woodpecker.  A few people saw only a quick glimpse of it as it moved across the area.  It was heard calling from several locations, the last being the parkette behind the Arts Council.

Ron, Trudy, Betty, Arvo, Manny, and a few others helped out with today's watch.

Walter