a good raptor run

We had a good Raptor Run out in the Roswell area. Our best birds were a Merlin, Cooper’s Hawk, and three Great Horned Owls. We saw 33 Red-tailed Hawks, 25 American Kestrels, but only 3 Northern Harriers over the 78 mile route. We survey through ever growing numbers of hop fields…..we are watching habit and ecosystems vanish before our very eyes. 
Billie Farley and Steve Smith