Oct 13th - 250 Birds, 10 Species, 2 Eagles!

Another great day at the Watch!

Today:
Turkey Vulture - 59
Bald Eagle - 2
Northern Harrier - 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 149
Cooper's Hawk - 10
Northern Goshawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
American Kestrel - 14
Merlin - 5
Unidentified Accipiter - 1
Unidentified Falcon - 1
Total - 250

Eagle Time (EDT):
01:50pm - BE - 1
02:27pm - BE - 1

To Date:
Turkey Vulture - 374
Osprey - 64
Bald Eagle - 72
Northern Harrier - 118
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 992
Cooper's Hawk - 43
Northern Goshawk - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 4
Broad-winged Hawk - 27
Red-tailed Hawk - 61
Rough-legged Hawk - 0
Golden Eagle - 1
American Kestrel - 326
Merlin - 62
Peregrine Falcon - 34
Unidentified Accipiter - 1
Unidentified Buteo - 7
Unidentified Eagle - 0
Unidentified Falcon - 11
Unidentified Raptor - 2
Total - 2201

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Lee)

Cooper's Hawk (Lee)

Red-tailed Hawk and American Crow (Lee)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Lee)

Cooper's Hawk (Lee)

Cooper's Hawk (Lee)

Cooper's Hawk (Ann)

Northern Goshawk (Ann)

Northern Harrier (Ann)

Northern Harrier (Ann)

Merlin (Ann)

Merlin (Ann)

Red-tailed Hawk (Ann)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Ann)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Ann)

 (This is the classic Ann shot!)

Other Birds:
Lots of songbirds flying overhead including this...

White-breasted Nuthatch (Ann)

Insects:
Monarch - 5 (no tagging done today)

Hawkwatchers:
Peter, Mike, Mark, Theresa, Arvo, Ann, Lee, Hugh, Betty, Kode, Phil, Jennifer, Berle, Sheldon, Sue, Dave, Anne, Bob, the TFN Junior Naturalists, and likely several others.  Thank you everyone!

Weather Prediction:
Decent SW wind for Sunday.

See ya,
Walter