All: With an hour of early rain, oft-threatening skies, and SE-S winds, Joe Kennedy and I did not experience much of a hawk migration event yesterday. We did, however, have raptors in view nearly all day, as a few Mississippi Kites and Broad-winged Hawks coursed back and forth across our sky. Once again, Peregrine Falcon was The Bird of the Day, as I tallied seven of 'em. But the designation was mainly for the last one, an adult female that followed on the heels if the 6th one (also an adult). However, this one pulled up in one of the snags in the East Motte and was still perched there when Joanna, Doris, and Norma pulled into the parking lot, thus providing a great view, before she followed the previous Peregrine across the Bay. Finally, the second Peregrine if the day was the 100th for the season! There was a slight uptick in Blue-gray Gnatcatcher numbers (to 19), but other migrants were a bit scarce. We did hear, then see, a Long-billed Curlew head north overhead. Raptors counted: Mississippi Kite - 8 (juveniles) Northern Harrier - 1 (juvenile) Sharp-shinned Hawk - 12 Cooper's Hawk - 5 (juveniles) Broad-winged Hawk - 17 American Kestrel - 3 (2 females, 1 unknown) Peregrine Falcon - 7 (4 adults, 3 juveniles) Total - 53 Enjoy, Tony Tony Leukering Smith Point, TX http://smithpointhawkwatch.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_leukering/ http://www.aba.org/photoquiz/ Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner