Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/21/21 (463 raptors)

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Bob reports 463 migrating raptors today.

Turkey Vulture 84
Mississippi Kite 1
Northern Harrier 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 12
Cooper’s Hawk 7
White-tailed Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 326
Swainson’s Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 22
Peregrine Falcon 5

The winds were NE turning to variable. A lone Wood Stork flew by again, probably the same loner as yesterday. Two oystercatchers flew by the tower and late in the day 430 white pelicans. Veda Hackell and Ross Foreman helped out today.

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