Observation start time: 08:45:00 Observation end time: 17:45:00 Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Jim Thomson
Observers: Phil Rodriguez, Scott Wood
Visitors: Rick Klinger ( Bringing that Klinger Karma ! ) Barry Kwasny- Thanks for the help today ! Padraig O'Dowd ( sorry about the spelling thing ! Thanks for your help ! )
Lori Smith with furry friend Teddy- Good seeing you Lori
Hikers- 6
Weather: Temps- 65-76 Deg.F, Wind- AM- NE to Variable @ 1-6mph. PM- Mostly E@ 2-7mph. Partly cloudy/hazy all day
An action packed and exciting day on Coon !! The Broadwing show was simply incredible today! Great flight lines once again for us with most of today's flight tight to either side of the ridge, with the majority of the birds passing directly over the top of the watch site. We had over 2000 BW's pass the watch site between 12:30pm-1:30pm. There was a river of Broadwings that was 4 binocular fields of view wide loaded with Broadwings top to bottom in that view that lasted for almost 25 minutes !!! It was just crazy awesome !!! Broadwings started moving past the watch site in triple digit numbers at 9:00am and that pace held steady thru 5:00pm Many thanks to our visitors Rick, Barry, and Padraig for the spotting help. Counter Phil Rodriguez put on a spotting "clinic" today. Great job Phil. Scott Wood was also pulling birds out of the sky for us ! Way to go Scottie! Our Bird(s) of the Day selection goes to every single Broadwing that graced us with their presence today !!! Just spectacular !!!
