Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Craig Jackson
Observers: Bill Shapiro
Weather: Winds were light to moderate (2) first from the NNW with maximum gusts of 16 km/hr, then from the N, then NNE, and from the NE during the last hour of the watch, with slightly less powerful gusts. Temperature -- 16-20°C; Cloud cover -- day began with 100% cirrus cloud cover, which gradually became thinner and thinner until finally disappearing entirely in the northern part of the sky at 12 Noon, but still covering 80% of the sky.
Raptor Observations: More migrants than I had expected with some AK and SS passing close to the Rock. Birds were mostly soaring before taking off as the winds were favorable.
Non-migrating -- 2 TV, an OS that looked to be a migrant until it turned south, a RT, and a probable RS
Bill Shapiro observed with me for over an hour when we saw most of our hawks.
Non-raptor Observations: Birds -- 190 DC Cormorants in three groups (50, 40, and 100); 2 Ravens playing in the air with each other
Predictions: Tomorrow's winds will be strong from the NNE and getting stronger and shifting to the NE as the day progresses. While normally winds from the NNE/NE are not generally favorable for hawk migration at this site, these winds from the north may bring the hawks that were observed in Maine today. [Cadillac Mountain had almost 50 SS and 50 AK; and Clarry Hill had close to 50 SS and 17 AK]. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Craig Jackson (<crleja1949...>)
