Today at Lightholuse Point - 11-07-2016, 9 dedicated birders fought the blue sky and no cloud situation to have a very good day. First off for the Hawks... Black Vultures... 3 Turkey Vultures... 83 Bald Eagles... 5 Northern Harrier... 5 Sharp-shins... 17 Cooper's... 22 Red-Shoulders... 19 Red-Tails... 137 Merlin... 1 in the park and eating a Chickadee at 6:30.. only one seen all day Peregrine Falcon... 3 Unidentified Buteo... 6 Unidentified Raptor... 4 This adds up to 305 for the day... The BIG SHOW for the morning was the incredible flight of COMMON GRACKLES..... At one point we had 3 diferent levels flying for a constant 15 minutes. Our estimate was a total of 197,000 birds. Without any clouds for the day, that number could be quite a bit higher... 9 Purple Finches, 27 Eastern Bluebirds, 70 Cedar Waxwings, 54 American Crows, 105 Canadas Gese. Three unexpected birds were 1 DICKCISSEL, 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, and down on the feeders, after Tina Green filled them, 1 BALTIMORE ORIOLE, which she took pictures of. I would like to thank Tina Green, Paul Desjardin, Sol Satin, Tom Murray,Bill Batsford, Don Morgan, Steve Broker, Howie Sternberg. and Sara Zagorski for their help al day. Bill Banks