Oct 24th - 487 Birds, 10 Species, 2 Eagles!

A really nice day spent at the park.  Raptors flew by all day, everywhere across the sky and at every height.  It was hard to figure out where the next bird would appear from.  Thank you everyone for all your help spotting, pointing out, photographing and identifying.

TODAY:
Turkey Vulture - 232
Bald Eagle - 1
Northern Harrier - 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 78
Cooper's Hawk - 4
Red-shouldered Hawk - 26
Red-tailed Hawk - 121
Golden Eagle - 1
American Kestrel - 2
Merlin - 2
Unidentified Accipiter - 1
Unidentified Buteo - 14
Unidentified Falcon - 2
Total - 487

EAGLE TIME (EDT):
03:00pm - Bald Eagle - 1
03:34pm - Golden Eagle - 1

TO DATE:
Turkey Vulture - 1149
Osprey - 64
Bald Eagle - 84
Northern Harrier - 158
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1506
Cooper's Hawk - 62
Northern Goshawk - 6
Red-shouldered Hawk - 53
Broad-winged Hawk - 28
Red-tailed Hawk - 277
Rough-legged Hawk - 0
Golden Eagle - 3
American Kestrel - 373
Merlin - 76
Peregrine Falcon - 40
Unidentified Accipiter - 3
Unidentified Buteo - 29
Unidentified Eagle - 1
Unidentified Falcon - 13
Unidentified Raptor - 2
Total - 3927

Cooper's Hawk (Mike D)

Red-tailed Hawk (Mike D)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Mike D)

 Red-shouldered Hawk (Mike D)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Mike D)

 Red-shouldered Hawk (Mike D)

 Red-shouldered Hawk (Mike D)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Mike D)

Red-tailed Hawk (Lee)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Lee)

Red-tailed Hawk (Lee)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Mike D)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Mike D)

Red-tailed Hawk (Mike D)

OTHER BIRDS:
Loon sp. - 9, Eastern Bluebird - 75, Common Raven - 2, Purple Finch - 1, and Sandhill Crane - 1

Sandhill Crane (Walter)

INSECTS:
Butterflies - Monarch - 2

HAWKWATCHERS:
Walter, Theresa, Sophie, Lee, Peter, Jennifer, Joe, Sheldon, Ron, Hugh, Mike D, Brian, MC, Allson, Bruce F, Dave, Betty, Cori, Terry, Ann, Nolan, and several others.  Thankyou!

WEATHER PREDICTION:
Wind starts off NW tomorrow and then swings around to SW by the afternoon.

See you again soon,
Walter