Observation start time: 07:45:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8.25 hours
Compiler: Rebecca McCabe
Counters: John mercer
Visitors: 16
Weather: Partly cloudy/Clear/Mostly cloudy, NW winds throughout the day
Raptor Observations: Adult Bald Eagle and adult Red-tailed Hawk roosting in front of the lookout on the south side ~20 km from one another. They stayed perched in the trees until 1044. Great looks at the three adult red-shoulders and two adult Golden Eagles passing by.
Non-raptor Observations: Morning flight of 185 crows, ravens calling and flying past the lookout all day. Over 370 American Goldfinches with a flock of 150. Canada Geese started flying south with large flocks one-after-the-next from 1200 until 1600, with a very conservative 14,000 tallied!
Predictions: snow forecasted for the region. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Laurie Goodrich (<goodrich...>) Hawk Mountain Sanctuary information may be found at: http://www.hawkmountain.org/
