Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Darrell Smith, Diane Stewart
Observers: Darrell Smith
Visitors: Lots of leaf peepers today. Jim from Lancaster who has a camp in New Lancaster Valley. A group of Mennonite from Oklahoma who are on a 10 day vacation including Niagra Falls, Allensville, and Lancaster. The father of the group loved the hills and mountains in Pennsylvania. A nice group of Amish from Oklahoma visiting Big Valley to celebrate the life of there mother who passed this week.
Weather: Cool with bright sun making it feel warmer than the actual air temperature. Light winds out of the ESE to begin and eventually ending with S winds.
Raptor Observations: First red tail observed at 9:49. Prior to that no large birds other than one TV heading north!
Non-raptor Observations: Very little flight of local birds but did see many blue jays, along with a few juncos, white-breasted nuthatch, waxwings, pileated wp, and Nemo.
Predictions: Probably the same but sooner or later the birds need to move. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Darrell Smith (<oleagleye...>)
