Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/16/21 (1052 raptors)

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Bob reports 1052 migrating raptors today.

Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 131
White-tailed Kite 1
Mississippi Kite 1
Northern Harrier 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk 329
Cooper’s Hawk 46
Bald Ealge 1
White-tailed Hawk 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 962
Swainson’s Hawk 9
Red-tailed Hawk 3
American Kestrel 21
Merlin 3
Peregrine Falcon 2

North wind supported a great flight today. In the first hour of the count 213 sharpies zipped by. The first Yellow-rumped Warblers of the season arrived. Joe Kennedy, Veda Hackell, Tom Gracinin, and Marcy Brown helped out today.

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