TOTALS FOR TODAY:

OSPREY- 3

MISS.KITE- 16

N.HARRIER- 10

SHARP-SHINNED- 82

COOPER'S- 55

RED-SHOULDERED- 2

BROAD-WINGED- 1051 (1 LEUCISTIC)

RED-TAILED- 2

A.KESTREL- 30

PEREGRINE- 10

TOTAL- 1260

MODERATE NW WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR BLUE SKIES. DESPITE THE WINDS, MANY OF

THE BIRDS WERE HIGH. THE LEUCISTIC BROAD-WINGED HAWK WAS VERY OBVIOUS AMIDST

THE OTHERS. THE BIRD APPEARED LIGHT TAN OVERALL, WITH NO PIGMENT ON THE

WINGS AND A VERY FAINT SUB-TERMINAL TAIL BAND. VERY NEAT..PHOTOS WERE TAKEN

AND YESTERDAY, 9/25 WE HAD A PARTIAL ALBINO SHARP-SHINNED THAT SHOWED VERY

WHITE PRIMARY PANELS (FERRUG WHITE)AND VERY WASHED OUT PLUMAGE ON THE HEAD,

BREAST AND BACK. MANY WING COVERTS WERE WHITE AS WELL. WE ALSO HAD THE

FIRST SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS AT THE TOWER.

- ZACH SMITH/DICK BENOIT

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