Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Kate McKay, Mark Timmerman
Observers: Annamarie Saenger, David Wiedner, Mark Timmerman
Visitors: 15.
Weather: Mostly cloudy with temperatures in the high twenties. Snowing during the morning. Light wind from the southwest, becoming stronger in the afternoon.
Raptor Observations: Today's migrants, a couple of red-tails and an immature Bald Eagle, all came by during the 1 o'clock hour. A few local red-tails drifted about throughout the day. A peregrine once flew by heading south but soon came back again and landed over on the cliff at North Pack.
Non-raptor Observations: An astonishing 200 juncos spent some time near the hawkwatch, along with 6 White-throated Sparrows and 1 Fox Sparrow. Other highlights included a dozen robins enjoying mountain ash berries and a Common Loon flying by.
Predictions: Winds shifting to the northwest! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Kate McKay (<northernjay444...>) Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory information may be found at: www.harriscenter.org
