Lot's of eyes on the watch site today but not the numbers of raptors we would have expected on good migration winds in November. Most of the birds we had today were picked up high in the clear blue skies as they were zipping along down ridge. We had good looks at 2 immature Balds that were locked in a serious dogfight. They were really getting after each other displaying amazing flight skills ! Our Bird of the Day selection goes to a local female Peregrine that we picked up below eye level as it came in towards the ridge from the reservoir side. It really started pumping hard as it passed in front of the watch site and attacked a male peregrine that was up ridge that we had never even seen ! The female seemed intent on driving this male peregrine from it's territory and chased it to the north where we eventually lost sight of both birds. These two speedsters put on quite the show for us. Impressive to say the least!
Non-raptor Observations: Large flocks of Blackbirds TV's & BV's Ravens-8 ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jim Thomson (<hawkinflight...>)
