Oct 12th - A Bird for Every Day of the Year!

A scene most of you never get to see - LOL! (Walter)

Today:
Turkey Vulture - 32
Osprey - 1
Northern Harrier - 18
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 226
Cooper's Hawk - 6
Northern Goshawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 16
American Kestrel - 53
Merlin - 5
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Unidentified Buteo - 1
Unidentified Falcon - 2
Total - 365

To Date:
Turkey Vulture - 315
Osprey - 64
Bald Eagle - 70
Northern Harrier - 114
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 843
Cooper's Hawk - 33
Northern Goshawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 3
Broad-winged Hawk - 27
Red-tailed Hawk - 58
Rough-legged Hawk - 0
Golden Eagle - 1
American Kestrel - 312
Merlin - 57
Peregrine Falcon - 34
Unidentified Accipiter - 0
Unidentified Buteo - 7
Unidentified Eagle - 0
Unidentified Falcon - 10
Unidentified Raptor - 2
Total - 1951

Turkey Vulture (Mike D)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Lee)

American Kestrel (Mike D)

Northern Harrier (Ann)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Mike D)

Northern Goshawk (Ann)

Northern Goshawk (Mike D)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Ann)

Merlin (Lee)

Turkey Vulture (Ann)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Mike D)

 Northern Harrier (Mike D)

Northern Harrier (Lee)

Merlin (Mike D)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Ann)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Mike D)

Turkey Vulture (Lee)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Mike D)

Other Birds:
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1, Great Blue Heron - 1, and lots 'n' lots of songbirds!

Insects:
Butterflies - Monarch - 31, Cabbage White - 2
Dragonflies - still a few in the air

Monarch (Lee)

Hawkwatchers:
Walter, Mike D, Ron, Liz, Theresa, Dave, Lee, Kris, Peter, Joe, Sheldon, Ann, Allison, Joyce, Norm, Berle, Pat & Nancy, Betty, Cori, Jennifer, and several others.  Thank you everyone for a spectacular day!

Straw Flowers (Ann)

Niagara Falls (Lee)

Weather Prediction:
Decent W and possibly some NW wind for Saturday.  Might be worth going!

Gotta run, see you again soon,
Walter