Oct 20th - 568 Birds, 11 Species, 3 Eagles!

TODAY:
Turkey Vulture - 397
Bald Eagle - 2
Northern Harrier - 10
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 79
Cooper's Hawk - 8
Northern Goshawk - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 5
Red-tailed Hawk - 44
American Kestrel - 15
Merlin - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 2
Unidentified Buteo - 2
Unidentified Eagle - 1
Total - 568

EAGLE TIME (EDT):
12:10pm - Bald Eagle - 1
01:50pm - Unidentified Eagle - 1
03:09pm - Bald Eagle - 1

TO DATE:
Turkey Vulture - 880
Osprey - 64
Bald Eagle - 78
Northern Harrier - 140
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1305
Cooper's Hawk - 55
Northern Goshawk - 4
Red-shouldered Hawk - 23
Broad-winged Hawk - 28
Red-tailed Hawk - 120
Rough-legged Hawk - 0
Golden Eagle - 2
American Kestrel - 363
Merlin - 73
Peregrine Falcon - 40
Unidentified Accipiter - 2
Unidentified Buteo - 11
Unidentified Eagle - 1
Unidentified Falcon - 11
Unidentified Raptor - 2
Total - 3202

adult Sharp-shinned Hawk (Lee)

Northern Harrier (Lee)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Lee)

Red-tailed Hawk (Lee)

Cooper's Hawk (Lee)

American Crow in hot pursuit of a Northern Goshawk (Lee)

 American Crow in hot pursuit of a Northern Goshawk (Lee)

same Goshawk passing overhead (Lee)

first Bald Eagle of the day (Lee)

Northern Goshawk #2 (Lee)

Northern Harrier (Lee)

Cooper's Hawk (Lee)

Copper's Hawk (Lee)
 

American Kestrel (Lee)

Red-shouldered Hawk (upper) and Red-tailed Hawk (Lee)

Cooper's Hawk (Lee)

Turkey Vulture (Lee)

Peregrine Falcon (Lee)

the 3:09pm Bald Eagle (Lee)

OTHER BIRDS:

unidentified shorebird (Lee)

INSECTS:
Butterflies - Monarch -  10, Cabbage White - 1
Dragonflies - a few still

Monarch (Lee)

HAWKWATCHERS:
NA  Thankyou to all those who came today to watch, photography, and count raptors

WEATHER PREDICTION:
With good NW wind blowing again tomorrow another big day is expected

See you there,
Walter