Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Thomas Filip
Observers: Ken Bowman
Weather: SE wind at 9-13 mph when I arrived, S at 14-20mph quickly for most of the day. Mostly sunny with cloud cover increasing gradually. Low of 17℃, high of 30℃.
Other migrating raptors include 1 OSPR, 2 RTHA, 45 BWHA, 1 SSHA, 1 NOHA, and 1 TUVU.
Relatively low movement given seemingly perfect conditions. There was some decent movement in the morning but it seemed like everything came to a stop after 12:00. I was ready to call it after 2 hours with no raptors, but luckily I stuck around for longer and was rewarded with a GOEA. I was recording weather data at the time when I noticed a group of TUVU acting scared, looked up, and saw a very high GOEA going NE over the ridge. Definitely one of the highest GOEA we've had so far, I am always impressed these vultures can sense them so high up from so far away. Less exciting, we hit 200 TUVU today.
25 COLO seen in the morning, much less than yesterday even though conditions were much better today. Also 7 DCCO. Decent passerine flight with 43 BLJA, 1 TRES, 2 NRWS, 1 BARS, 1 AMRO, 1 HOFI, 14 PUFI, 79 AGOL, 2 PISI, 1 RWBL, and 15 YRWA.
Predictions: Cloudy with NW wind in the morning, mostly cloudy with WNW wind in the afternoon. Not sure what to expect as these are not as good winds as today, but today's winds could have brought raptors closer that will be eager to move tomorrow. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Thomas Filip () Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch information may be found at: tusseymountainspringhawkwatch.org/
