Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Tom Delaney
Observers: Caroline Fegley, Nate Marchessault
Visitors: 71
Weather: Heavy NW winds. Partly/mostly cloudy. 0-3 C (32-37 F). The first snow of the season, even if just a few flakes at the end of the day.
Raptor Observations: Hopes and dreams of golden eagles manifested a beautiful juvenile golden migrating past the hawkwatch.. and Nate Marchessault's lifer! How exciting!
Some other highlights include very close sharp-shinned hawks and merlins zooming past.
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions: More cold NW winds to bring in the golden eagles.
On this day in Pack history... "2015: The last Broad-winged Hawk of the season is counted, bringing the total to a record-smashing 16,593 'wings. Henry Walters: ""Katrina and Andre made it up the mountain for dawn, where they were treated to a peregrine chasing a merlin chasing a sharpie in the misty-golden dawn light. Likely story, said the latecomers, gnawing on their own envious knuckles. A very late adult Broad-winged Hawk the only great surprise of the day, which was dominated by a convention (a kittle? a belliband? a beautifaction?) of red-tails around North Pack, sometimes as many as eight at one time. A good push of accipiter species, with numbers of juveniles and adults just about even. They will begin tipping more and more in the direction of the latter in the days ahead."" ======================================================================== Report submitted by Caroline Fegley (<cgfegley...>) Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory information may be found at: www.harriscenter.org
