Observation start time: 08:45:00 Observation end time: 17:15:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Jim Thomson
Observers: Brian Butler, Phil Rodriguez
Visitors: Rick Klinger- Welcome back ! You should have stuck around John Perry- Welcome back John and thanks for the help today! None other than Tootsie and LuLu Butler.. 2 little sweeties
SOBO's Zen Bee & Mountain Boomer- Best of luck the rest of the way !
Hikers- 6
Weather: Temps- 64-75 Deg.F, Winds- Variable @ 3-8mph diminishing late in the day. Clear Blue skies to start, than partly cloudy, than back to clear blue skies and finally a return to partly cloudy later in the afternoon.
A busy day on the ridge featuring a good number of high flying Broadwings. A good number of smaller kettles with most birds being quite distant and almost out of the range of our optics. (387) Broadwings passed the watch between the hours of 3PM & 5PM We had some nice looks at Bald Eagles and our Sharpie numbers have picked up a bit. Our Bird of the Day selection goes to the adult female Harrier that we picked up coming straight down ridge and this bird passed by closely on the river side at eye level in some sweet light !
Non-raptor Observations: Monarch- 11 RT Hummingbird- 2 RB Nuthatch- 2 Cedar Waxwings Ravens-6 Chimney Swifts Tree Swallows ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jim Thomson (<hawkinflight...>)
