Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Nancy Ott
Observers: Bob Stewart, Greg Gdula
Visitors: 2 visitors stayed breifly.
Weather: Blue skies with mild winds initially SE turning to W,SW, NW by noon.
Raptor Observations: Total count 22 raptors for day. 7 GE out over valley, over head none in west all fairly far away. Adult GE's 10:55, 12:15, 12:25, 1:01, 1:02, 1:40, one sub ad GE 11:05. RT escorted 2 of the GE diving at them. Kestrel flew into ridge giving a brief but look to clearly see mask.
Non-raptor Observations: Gray squirrel sat on feed platform eating seed, blue birds, nuthatches, chickadees, mourning doves, crows, ravens, juncos, cardinal, a few gulls.
Predictions: Temp starts in 30's to 50's in afternoon. cloudy in am to some sun in afternoon. Wind starts S to SSE in afternoon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Nancy Ott (<ednancy.ott...>)