We waited for clouds to clear a bit before going up today. On Hwy 127, I looked up through our roof window and saw 6 thermaling Broad-wings. We of course, do not include hawks seen off the site in the numbers we report to you. Unless we are riding right under the hawk watch up the hill on Hwy. 111. Because they could be seen from there, if we were there. LOL But it was an indicator to us, that we needed to be there as the clouds cleared. Most birds today flew West in singles.
From 1 to 5 o'clock we saw:
32 Broad-wings
1 Immature and 1 Adult Bald Eagle
Our new countdown number: 494 Broad-wings needed to reach or goal of *50,000 BW's counted in fall migration at Soddy Mtn. Hawk Watch.
A note of interest, we recorded 12 migrating Hummers seen today, 9/14. They became so obvious, we decided to begin keeping track of some of them when possible. I also saw my first Monarch Butterfly today as well.
Jimmy's Week One Summary:
We started our watch on Wednesday Sept. 10th as
planned. Every day
this past week we were presented with weather delays due
to rain and
were only able to get in 16.50 hours over 4 days. Raptors
seen:
107 Broad-winged Hawks
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Northern
Harrier
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Osprey
4 Bald
Eagles (2 adults and 2 immature's)
The next two and a half weeks are
expected to become more promising.
As posted a few days ago, this season we
are looking to break a record
by seeing our 50,000th Broad-winged Hawk.
Currently we stand at 494
broadie's needed to break this record. Sometime
in the future we could
accomplish this goal instantly by counting a single
mega kettle!
Keep looking up!!!
Jimmy and Cynthia Wilkerson
Hixson,
Hamilton Co., Tn.
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