Bob reports 1295 migrating raptors today.

Broad-winged Hawk 1224
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Swainson’s Hawk 6
White-tailed Hawk 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 18
Cooper’s Hawk 7
Turkey Vulture 12
American Kestrel 7
Peregrine Falcon 4
Merlin 2
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 8
White-tailed Kite 1
Bald Eagle 1

A fun day with spoonbills, Wood Storks, and White Ibis in the Broad-winged kettles and our first dark Broad-winged Hawk of the season. Sara Harrison captured the above encounter with a Peregrine Falcon and a Red-tailed Hawk. Good looks at a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Gray Catbird and two Rufous Hummingbirds. Sara Harrison, Craig Geoffroy, and Regina Tippett helped out today.

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