Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Rob Woodward
Observers:
Visitors: 34. Nice people all but lady, do I have to overhear all the details of your liver ailment. If I hear the word "gelatinous" one more time....The second half of the UNH wildlife studies class resumed the good work of their predecessors of 2 days ago. After taking a picture of and for them I asked their overseer and Forest Society staff member Steve Junkin if for their next project they could construct for me a raptor scoreboard, displaying daily and year-to-date totals. Visitors would love to see what is being seen and in what numbers.
Weather: Another cloudless sky, at least to start, with increasing high thin clouds moving in from the west; calm (too calm?) winds at times otherwise primarily light from the NE turning NW by 1:20; 48 - 63 F with a high of 67 F.
Raptor Observations: A Sharp-shinned Hawk awaited me at the summit as I arrived but did not presage a big flight for that species. A good variety if not a big count. Many Bald Eagles were followed while they made their slow leisurely ascents on thermals, only to see them fly off in the wrong direction.
Non-raptor Observations: One flock of migrating Canada Geese and 35 Yellow-rumped Warblers. Today Monarch hit 0/65.
Predictions: Favorable winds give way to unfavorable SW winds tomorrow but I may as well do at least a partial day, we need more kestrels and Ospreys. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Rob Woodward (<toucanrob...>)
