Hey birders, We had our 2nd best day ever at the Bethany Hawkwatch in Mankato. Totals appear below: Turkey Vulture—30 Osprey—1 Bald Eagle—13 Sharp-shinned Hawk—114 Cooper’s Hawk—4 Broad-winged Hawk—1,070 Swainson’s Hawk—1 Red-tailed Hawk—28 American Kestrel—3 Merlin—1 Peregrine Falcon—5 Various unidentified—3 Daily Total: 1,273 Season Total: 1,820 www.hawkcount.org/Bethany Passerines: Dark-eyed Junco, Purple Finch, Scarlet Tanager, Yellow-rumped, Palm, and Nashville Warblers, Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireos, Lincoln’s Sparrow, flocks of Blue Jays, Chipping Sparrows, Cedar Waxwings, and American Robins. Happy birding! Chad Heins Mankato *Chad Heins* Assistant Professor of Biology Bethany Lutheran College 700 Luther Drive Mankato, MN 56001 Office: 507.344.7327 | Toll Free: 800.944.3066 [log in to unmask] www.blc.edu