4/30

whoa.

11- Turkey Vulture
3- 0sprey
2- Bald Eagle
22- Northern Harrier
1284- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
4- Coopers Hawk
1- Northern Goshawk
3- Broad-Winged Hawk
3- Red-Tailed Hawk
5- Rough-Legged Hawk
62- American Kestrel
8- Merlin
6- Peregrine Falcon
1- Unknown Small Falcon

TOTAL: 1415

what a falcon day we had.
it was quite the sight.
the amount of sharpies made me nauseous.
the portland trailblazers have been eliminated from the NBA playoffs.
if anyone has a suggestion on what team I should be following now, please let me know.

4/29

6- Turkey Vulture
7- Bald Eagle
8- Northern Harrier
463- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
2- Northern Goshawk
1- Red-Shouldered Hawk
120- Broad-Winged Hawk
5- Red-Tailed Hawk
1- Rough-Legged Hawk
20- American Kestrel
1- Merlin

TOTAL: 634

It was a good day today, the largest Broad-Winged kettle I have ever seen up to this point and they will continue to grow. I am looking forward to the Lepard families return to the U.P. tomorrow. They have become a great addition to the crew family, we like having them around.
Harrier photo courtesy of Jim Kriss

4/28

9 Turkey Vulture
1- Osprey
11- Bald Eagle
3- Northern Harrier
18- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
1- Northern Goshawk
1- Red-Shouldered Hawk
2- Broad-Winged Hawk
8- Red-Tailed Hawk
3- Rough-Legged Hawk
1- Golden Eagle
4- American Kestrel
1- Merlin
1- Peregrine Falcon

TOTAL: 64

Thanks to Joe Nault for conducting the count today.

4/27

5- Turkey Vulture
1- Osprey
6- Bald Eagle
1- Northern Harrier
26- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
1- Northern Goshawk
2- Red-Tailed Hawk
1- Rough-Legged Hawk
1- Merlin
1- Peregrine Falcon

TOTAL: 45

4/26

7- Turkey Vulture
2- Bald Eagle
3- Northern Harrier
33- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
3- Red-Tailed Hawk
1- Merlin

TOTAL: 49

Hoods up Goshawk release: Joe Nault

4/24 & 4/25

4/24

6- Turkey Vulture
3- Bald Eagle
7- Northern Harrier
278- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
5- Northern Goshawk
2- Broad-Winged Hawk
3- Red-Tailed Hawk
11- Rough-Legged Hawk
5- American Kestrel
6- Merlin

TOTAL: 326

4/25

15- Turkey Vulture
2- 0sprey
6- Bald Eagle
5- Northern Harrier
114- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
1- Coopers Hawk
1- Broad-Winged Hawk
12- Red-Tailed Hawk
9- Rough-Legged Hawk
4- American Kestrel

TOTAL: 169

Spring Fling went off without a hitch in my opinion, I had a lot of fun on the platform this weekend. To those who missed out on Norman Smiths presentation last night, BUMMER, it was awesome. I'm very glad he was the keynote speaker this year.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by the hawk platform and helped me spot birds.
Photo, Rough-Legged: JIM KRISS!

4/22 & 4/23

4/22

8- Turkey Vulture
5- Osprey
6- Bald Eagle
6- Northern Harrier
46- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
2- Coopers Hawk
5- Northern Goshawk
2- Red-Shouldered Hawk
15- Broad-Winged Hawk
7- Red-Tailed Hawk
7- Rough-Legged Hawk
3- American Kestrel
2- Merlin
1- Unknown Eagle

TOTAL: 115

4/23

16- Turkey Vulture
6- Bald Eagle
8- Northern Harrier
325- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
3- Northern Goshawk
1- Red-Shouldered Hawk
4- Broad-Winged Hawk
5- Red-Tailed Hawk
2- Golden Eagle
23- American Kestrel
4- Merlin
1- Unknown Eagle

TOTAL: 398

Currently listening to "...And justice for all."
Photo of Adult Male Harrier by Jim Kriss

4/21

5- Turkey Vulture
1- 0sprey
1- Bald Eagle
6- Northern Harrier
7- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
1- Coopers Hawk
2- Northern Goshawk
2- Red-Tailed Hawk
10- American Kestrel

TOTAL: 35

4/19 & 4/20

4/19

10- Turkey Vulture
4- Bald Eagle
2- Northern Harrier
30- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
2- Coopers Hawk
1- Northern Goshawk
1- Broad-Winged Hawk
12- Red-Tailed Hawk
4- Rough-Legged Hawk

TOTAL: 66

4/20

22- Turkey Vulture
11- Bald Eagle
5- Northern Harrier
68- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
1- Coopers Hawk
3- Northern Goshawk
1- Red-Shouldered Hawk
3- Broad-Winged Hawk
21- Red-Tailed Hawk
11- Rough-Legged Hawk
5- Golden Eagle
3- American Kestrel

TOTAL: 154

Joe Nault covered for me today and took the above picture of the Adult Sharp-Shinned Hawk. I won't predict, since the last two days weren't as good as I originally thought they'd be... Tomorrows gonna' be G-0-0-D.

4/18

8- Turkey Vulture
2- Osprey
1- Bald Eagle
1- Northern Harrier
62- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
2- Coopers Hawk
2- Northern Goshawk
16- Red-Tailed Hawk
4- Rough-Legged Hawk
2- Golden Eagle
1- American Kestrel

TOTAL: 101

Not a bad day. The winds were mostly out of the North.
I think tomorrow will be good and Tuesday has the potential to be very good.
photo cred: JOE NAULT!

4/17

not the best day.
overcast skies, fog, rain, snow, drizzle, and heavy winds kept the birds away

1- Bald Eagle

TOTAL: 1

hopefully tomorrow this front will be past and we'll get a push.
there isn't a good chance of rain, winds are predicted to be coming out of the north changing to northwest by the end of the day. its got to get good.

4/16

6- Turkey Vulture
1- Bald Eagle
5- Northern Harrier
16- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
1- Broad-Winged Hawk
7- Red-Tailed Hawk
1- American Kestrel
1- Merlin

TOTAL: 38

4/15

the count today was sandwiched on either side by inclement weather, only allowing for 4 hours of counting today but we got a lot of birds in those few hours.

8- Turkey Vulture
4- Bald Eagle
38- Northern Harrier
309- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
2- Northern Goshawk
25- Red-Tailed Hawk
9- Rough-Legged Hawk
28- American Kestrel
3- Merlin

TOTAL: 426

thanks to Jim Kriss from the Illinois Beach State Park hawk watch for his help with todays count.

4/14

16- Turkey Vulture
3- Bald Eagle
22- Northern Harrier
482- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
2- Northern Goshawk
32- Red-Tailed Hawk (1 partial albino!!)
13- Rough-Legged Hawk
52- American Kestrel
1- Merlin

TOTAL: 623

* Check out the info on these Golden Eagles being monitored by Minn. Audubon. They both came pretty close to the Point! The link is on our website under the "news" tab. www.wpbo.org

4/12 & 4/13

4/12

16- Turkey Vulture
4- Bald Eagle
38- Northern Harrier
81- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
4- Northern Goshawk
4- Red-Tailed Hawk
15- Rough-Legged Hawk
18- American Kestrel
1- Merlin
1- Peregrine Falcon

TOTAL: 182

4/13

45- Turkey Vulture
1- Ospery
3- Bald Eagle
28- Northern Harrier
515- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
1- Coopers Hawk
5- Northern Goshawk
40- Red-Tailed Hawk
34- Rough-Legged Hawk
3- Golden Eagle
10- American Kestrel
2- Merlin
1- Peregrine Falcon

TOTAL: 688

photo of dark Red-Tailed by Joe Nault.

4/10 & 4/11

4/10- Jason Bojczyk

2-Turkey Vulture
1- Bald Eagle
21- Northern Harrier
4- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
2- Northern Goshawk
2- Red-Tailed Hawk
2- Rough-Legged Hawk
2- American Kestrel
1- Merlin
1- Peregrine Falcon
1- Unknown Small Falcon
1- Unknown Small Accipiter

TOTAL: 40

4/11

5- Turkey Vulture
4- Bald Eagle
6- Northern Harrier
23- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
4- Northern Goshawk
9- Red-Tailed Hawk
3- Rough-Legged Hawk
1- American Kestrel
2- Merlin

TOTAL: 57

Hopefully this upcoming week picks up.
Keep it light ya'll, thanks for reading.

4/8 & 4/9

I have observed for 5 hours in the past two days.
Heavy fog, snow showers (5 inches), and high winds have produced poor visibility.

4/8
TOTAL=0

4/9
2- Turkey Vultures

TOTAL=2

If it would have picked up for the last hour or two today I would say it would be better tomorrow... maybe we'll see some birds the second half of the day, Saturday.
If not, Sunday we should get some movement. I'll keep ya'll posted.

4/7

SLOW .

4- Turkey Vulture
1- Osprey
1- Bald Eagle
1- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
1- Northern Goshawk
4- Red-Tailed Hawk
1- Merlin

TOTAL: 13!!

4/6

17- Turkey Vulture
4- Bald Eagle
13- Northern Harrier
238- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
1- Coopers Hawk
3- Northern Goshawk
6- Red-Tailed Hawk
5- Rough-Legged Hawk
2- American Kestrel
1- Merlin
1- Peregrine Falcon

TOTAL: 291

4/5

8- Turkey Vulture
2- Bald Eagle
2- Northern Harrier
59- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
2- Coopers Hawk
1- Northern Goshawk
2- Red-Shouldered Hawk
3- Red-Tailed Hawk
3- Rough-Legged Hawk
2- American Kestrel

TOTAL: 84

4/4

4- Turkey Vulture
2- Bald Eagle
12- Northern Harrier
120- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
1- Coopers Hawk
2- Northern Goshawk
1- Red-Shouldered Hawk
93- Red-Tailed Hawk
2- Rough-Legged Hawk
1- Golden Eagle
3- American Kestrel
1- Merlin

TOTAL: 242

4/3

Jason filled in for me today.

9- Turkey Vulture
3- Bald Eagle
31- Northern Harrier
117- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
2- Northern Goshawk
1- Red-Shouldered Hawk
54- Red-Tailed Hawk
18- Rough-Legged Hawk
5- American Kestrel
2- Merlin

Total: 242

4/2

We got our first slight west winds today, it got nuts.
SSW mostly and a little SSE.

4- Turkey Vulture
5- Bald Eagle
76- Northern Harrier
499- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
1- Coopers Hawk
6- Northern Goshawk
43- Red-Tailed Hawk
16- Rough-Legged Hawk
25- American Kestrel
4- Merlin
1- Unidentified Falcon

drum roll please... 680 total birds.
Sorry on that one Unidentified Falcon, I'll try harder next time.
Big thank you to Ken, Jason, and David Mahan for their help spotting today.

4/1

7- Turkey Vulture
7- Bald Eagle
72- Northern Harrier
168- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
3- Northern Goshawk
1- Red-Shouldered Hawk
35- Red-Tailed Hawk
8- Rough-Legged Hawk
8- American Kestrel
1- Merlin

TOTAL: 310

It was a good one today, thanks to everyone that came up and helped out.