Smith Point Hawk Watch 11/23/19 (563 raptors)

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Bob reports 563 migrating raptors today.

Broad-winged Hawk 11
Red-tailed Hawk 17
Sharp-shinned Hawk 8
Cooper’s Hawk 14
Turkey Vulture 480
Black Vulture 21
American Kestrel 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Merlin 1
Northern Harrier 9

An intermediate morph Red-tailed Hawk entertained for a while but the highlight was a total of 226 Sandhill Cranes that came over calling in several flocks. Joe Kennedy and Marci Brown helped out today.

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