Wind (current)

Oct 5th - 68 Birds, 7 Eagles!

A decent follow-up to yesterday's great day.  We started out the morning with 3 Northern Harriers flying over together only a few minutes after I'd arrived at 7:30am followed shortly thereafter by an Osprey.  We had a fairly steady stream of raptors throughout the morning but then they slowed just after lunch as the wind switched around from NE to E.

Today:
Turkey Vulture - 1
Osprey - 2
Bald Eagle - 7
Northern Harrier - 11
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 28
Cooper's Hawk - 4
Red-tailed Hawk - 6
American Kestrel - 3
Merlin - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 5
Total - 68

Eagle Time (EDT):
09:25am - BE - 1
10:10am - BE - 2
10:40am - BE - 2
11:07am - BE - 1
12:50pm - BE - 1

To Date:
Turkey Vulture - 273
Osprey - 61
Bald Eagle - 70
Northern Harrier - 86
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 520
Cooper's Hawk - 20
Broad-winged Hawk - 26
Red-tailed Hawk - 40
Golden Eagle - 1
American Kestrel - 234
Merlin - 43
Peregrine Falcon - 28
Unidentified Buteo - 6
Unidentified Falcon - 5
Unidentified Raptor - 2
Total - 1415

Other Birds:
Common Raven - 5, Great Blue Heron - 1, and lots of songbirds, especially very early in the day!

Insects:
Monarch - 2, Question Mark - 1

Hawkwatchers:
Walter, Theresa, Julie, Stephan, Dave, Peter, Ron, Hugh, Jennifer, and Bruce F.  Thankyou!

Happy Thanksgiving,
Walter

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