Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Craig Jackson
Observers: Visitors: Besides Carlos, Gary Smith was interested in what I was doing and I talked "hawks" with him
Weather: Surprisingly, although the day started out with moderate (2) SW winds and were predicted to be SW all day, within the hour the winds shifted to the NW and stayed that way most of the day. Except for one time late in the day when I measured a wind gust of 21 km/hr, all other gusts never exceeded 12 km/hr. Temperature went from 11-20-18°C; Cloud cover was mostly light cirrus never covering more than 50% of the sky.
Raptor Observations: Small movement of raptors, all flying at height 1 Non-migrating - a RT and TV were seen
Carlos Felipe observed with me for a couple of hours and spotted the PG
Non-raptor Observations: Birds -- One Flicker, a Red-breasted Nuthatch (my first of the year here), a Common Raven, and two Red-winged Blackbirds
Predictions: Tomorrow's winds will be mostly light from the WSW to WNW. Sunday early morning the winds will shift to the NNW, but later in the dayshift toward the east. That's the prediction, but who knows. Today's winds did not go according to plan. Also, I am still waiting for a larger flight of Osprey. Five years ago on October 4, 2020, Brian Rusnica saw our all-time high of 40 Osprey and a total of 93 birds when the winds were light from the NNW. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Craig Jackson (<crleja1949...>)
