Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Caroline Fegley
Observers: Tom Momeyer
Visitors: 26
Weather: Sunny with little to no wind. Intense heat shimmer immediately in the morning obscuring some visibility, but clearing up by the second half of the count. -3-0 C (27-32 F)
Raptor Observations: A Hawkwatching Poem: A mid-November day in the sun, Two hawkwatchers stood on the platform for fun. "One red-shoulder flying south!", Though I should not have opened my mouth. Soon he turned and disappeared north, Again and again flying back and forth. "An accipiter! Could it be a juvenile gos?" No, a cooper, a great bird but feeling some loss.
Non-raptor Observations: We were overrun with chickadees. The little birds (plus our red-breasted nuthatch) swarmed the suet feeder while it was still in my hand. Other notable flyovers include 1 pine siskin and 2 American goldfinches.
Henry the rabbit made a brief appearance! A relief after yesterday's absence.
Predictions: Sunny with NNW winds
On this day in Pack history... "2012: Finch fest on the mountain in the first season that the count was officially extended to mid-November. Henry Walters: ""Winter-finch medley, starting with a flock of 35 Common Redpolls seen a couple of times this morning, flowing over the peak like a wave of radio static. Four Red Crossbills came in loud and clear, a barber-shop quartet with no tenor or bass. Add seven White-winged Crossbills, a Pine Siskin, and two PINE GROSBEAKS at different times of day (male and female/juv.), and you had enough to fill a whole album, on vinyl. (The second grosbeak passed just over Katrina Fenton's right ear with an operatic squeak, plump enough to pop with a pin.)" ======================================================================== Report submitted by Caroline Fegley (<cgfegley...>) Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory information may be found at: www.harriscenter.org
