Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Thomas Filip
Observers: Ken Bowman
Weather: Mostly cloudy with a couple of short, light rain showers in the morning. Moderate NW wind in the morning at 8-12mph, low 2-6mph wind in the afternoon. Warm with a low of 14.8℃ and a high of 20.8℃.
Raptor Observations: No GOEA spotted today.
Other migrating raptors include 1 OSPR, 1 BAEA, 3 RTHA, and 8 TUVU. A slow day with poor wind conditions and weak thermals, the few raptors we saw were in the second half of the day after the last rain shower.
1 COLO flyover right after the last rain shower and 4 DCCO in the afternoon. There were also some interesting passerine flyovers including 1 HOFI, 1 PUFI, 5 AGOL, 2 PISI, 7 BHCO, and 1 RUBL. The RUBL was our first of the season.
Predictions: Cloudy with a chance of some light rain showers in the morning. SE winds for most of the day, low in the morning, moderate in the afternoon. The lack of thermals is not great but SE winds are good, we might see some movement in the afternoon when the wind picks up. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Thomas Filip () Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch information may be found at: tusseymountainspringhawkwatch.org/
