Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/5/19 (972 raptors)

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Bob reports 972 migrating raptors today.

Broad-winged Hawk 624
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Swainson’s Hawk 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 194
Cooper’s Hawk 84
Mississippi Kite 9
American Kestrel 43
Peregrine Falcon 1
Merlin 4
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 5

Joe Kennedy, Nina Sitra, and Veda Hackell helped out today. Northeast winds for the first three hours were great but then it switched to south and southwest.

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