Two similar days with this mild pattern-- Sunday= 102 raptors total (48 Red-tails, 21 Turkey Vultures, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk [highlight]); Monday= 107 raptors total (67 Red-tailed Hawks and 21 Sharp-shinned Hawks). Our season total is around 8500 raptors of 16 species-- we are still confident about recording two more annually appearing raptor species (Rough-legged Hawk and the much less common Prairie Falcon) before the end of the season. We remain hopeful about a third raptor-- Ferruginous Hawk, which has a history of appearing at HNCH (except for the last two years). We still seem to be on track for an 18-19 species/11,000 raptor season. That would be the third best season in HNCH history. The main variable at this point is the Red-tailed Hawk flight, which has been very slow so far.
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