Bob reports 19 migrating raptors today.

Broad-winged Hawk 7
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Swainson’s Hawk 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Cooper’s Hawk 4
Mississippi Kite 1
Harris’s Hawk 1

Other birds of note – 28 Upland Sandpipers in one group though many more were heard only and 48 Wood Storks. For the first time it was a slow swallow day. To top off the birds there was a booming alligator in the pond.

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