Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Diane Stewart
Observers: Darrell Smith, Jen Lee
Visitors: Barb Wilson helped out for a few hours. Bev Miller and Suzanne Byler from Belleville. Ed Stewart made his first trip to the site. A number of leaf peepers.
Weather: Cool with winds out of the SE and S all day. Bright skies with high wispy clouds.
Raptor Observations: First SS at 9:17. The most beautiful GE I have ever seen. The sun was at the perfect angle to highlight the underside so that the upper chest to the neck looked like someone took a gilded paint and actually brushed the raptor to perfection.
Non-raptor Observations: Murder of crows late in the day. An unkindness of 10 ravens. Starlings. Blue jays, Carolina Wren, Downy WP, Goldfinch, Junco, Chickadee, Golden-Crowned Kinglet.
Predictions: Rain ======================================================================== Report submitted by Darrell Smith (<oleagleye...>)
