Great Hawk Flight Over the Store: 9/17/2022.
Updated: Aug 6
With a major hawk flight underway today, as first evidenced by kettles of Broad-winged Hawks over Sandy Point on this morning's birdwalk (see previous post), we conducted an informal hawk count from right in front of the store.
10:30am to 3:45pm
Mostly sunny, light northwest becoming light south by 2:30pm and gusty S by 3:00pm.
With Angela Woodside as primary counter through 2:15.
1634 Broad-winged Hawks
28 Sharp-shinned Hawks
19 Ospreys
12 Bald Eagles
8 American Kestrels
6 Turkey Vultures
2 Cooper's Hawks
2 Red-tailed Hawks
1 Peregrine Falcon
1 Northern Harrier
Total = 1,708
5 Double-crested Cormorants
15 Monarchs
7 unidentified dragonflies
4 Green Darners
2 Twelve-spotted Skimmers
Between the Morning Flight (see previous post) and a great hawkflight, today was an all-day visible migration spectacular!