Observation start time: 06:45:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6.25 hours
Official Counter: Craig Jackson
Observers: Nina Shepardson
Visitors: Among the many hikers, Bailey Fu, Mariya Vahanvaty, and Anand Kumar all showed interest
Weather: Light (2-1) N wind turning to light(2) SE at 11 AM; Temperature -- 12-17° C; Cloud cover -- Totally clear sky at the beginning of the watch. Thin clouds began forming on the Western horizon, and at 9:15 patchy cumulus clouds started forming in the Northeast. Although the sky never got very cloudy, until the wind shifted the sky was very unusual with thin cirrus clouds in the western sky and cumulus clouds in the eastern half of the sky.
Raptor Observations: Only one definite migrant noted - an adult Bald Eagle Non-migrating -- 3 TV (which showed up just as I was leaving, 1 OS, and 3 RT Hawks - 2 adults and an immature, which kept on flying at a Raven right over the Rock
Non-raptor Observations: Birds - 225 migrating DC Cormorants in 3 flocks (of 50, 25, and 150 birds), 1 Phoebe, 3 Ravens, and a flock of 20 Grackles Dragonflies - 1 Unidentified that was migrating and one GD that did not migrate
Predictions: Easterly winds are not promising. I will not be on site as I will be going to Mount Watatic with a friend. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Craig Jackson (<crleja1949...>)
