Today was painful for hawk watching !! Deep blue cloudless skies means constant scanning into the deep blue looking for dark specks moving down ridge.We had one good kettle of 111 Broadwings late in the afternoon. Other than that we were picking up singles and doubles and small groups as they passed by overhead. Many were NOT naked eye birds. We did have a few close Broadwings,falcons, and accipiters but most birds were high and difficult to spot. Our true highlight and Bird of the Day goes to the immature Peregrine that popped up close to us on the reservoir side of the ridge. It circled slowly and moved in the direction of the owl decoy but never did attack it. This bird filled the bins as it moved off slowly down ridge.
Non-raptor Observations: Monarch- 23 Red-headed Woodpecker ( adult) RT Hummer- 3 TV's & BV's Cedar Waxwings Ravens Bluejays Black Swallowtail and Eastern Tailed Blue BH's morning songbirds:- Black throated green, Northern Parula, Black/White warbler, Philadelphia Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Eastern Phoebe ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jim Thomson (<hawkinflight...>)
