Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Kate McKay
Observers: Chuck Carlson, Jim McCoy, Nora Hanke, Tom Momeyer
Visitors: 5 hikers.
Weather: Cold and windy with temperatures in the low thirties. Variable cloud cover and visibility. The season's first snowflakes appeared in the morning, with occasional snow squalls throughout the day.
Raptor Observations: Mostly red-tails migrating, along with a few other species including two goshawks that flew by during the 10 o'clock hour.
Non-raptor Observations: One Mourning Dove and four Snow Buntings near the summit parking lot in the morning. Seven robins eating mountain ash berries near the hawkwatch and flocks of Canada Geese flying overhead in the afternoon.
Predictions: Winds mostly from the southwest tomorrow. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Kate McKay (<northernjay444...>) Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory information may be found at: www.harriscenter.org
