Observation start time: 05:15:00 Observation end time: 18:00:00 Total observation time: 12.58 hours
Compiler: Bracken Brown
Counters: Andy Wlasniewski, Elizabeth weed, Jeremy Scheivert
Visitors: 106
Weather: Clear with some haze in the morning clearing by the afternoon. Winds light to calm out of the NE 0-5mph.
Raptor Observations: First migrant of the 2026 season was a broad-winged hawk that passed the lookout 9:21. Great flight for the day with thermals keeping many of the looks distant.
Non-raptor Observations: Black-billed cuckoos calling throughout the morning, purple martin, barn swallow, tree swallow, northern rough-winged swallow, blackburnian warbler, black-and-white warbler, scarlet tanager
Predictions: Light east to southeast winds and increasing clouds through the morning could keep the flight short before rain is expected to move in. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Laurie Goodrich (<goodrich...>) Hawk Mountain Sanctuary information may be found at: http://www.hawkmountain.org/
