Numbers and Variety

Bill Haley was on the hill Friday, 10/24/14 and reported seeing and counting this nice variety of  migrating raptors:

2 Northern Harriers
7 Sharp-shinned
2 Cooper's Hawks
1 Osprey
5 Red-tailed Hawks
1 Red-shouldered
23 Turkey Vultures
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 & Saturday 10/25/14 from  9 til 2, and had 7 Sharp-shins.

And they are in the books!

A nice fall day allows him to see determined birds moving South to SW, on a mission to get to warmer weather :)


Hawk Mountain had great weather yesterday and were expecting large numbers of Sharp-shinned Hawks to move through any day.  One year they had over 200 in one day.  So we can continue to expect to see nice pushes of Sharp-shinned hawks for a while.  Check out the graph which charts  when to expect numbers of certain hawks to move through on the Species Key page. (on the side panel)

 If you go to the hill yourself, remember to prepare to be cooler on that bluff.  Dress warmly with removable clothing, and take a scarf or other to shield you face if it's windy.  Also, remember the lip balm! Wind will zap the moisture from your skin. Don't forget the sun screen, even cold weather sun will burn you if you sit in it for a couple of hours.  Protect ears, nose, and the tops of your fingers, for they are holding up your binoculars to the sun.

We remain busy at home with more projects than we can get done, due to a nice unexpected blessing of reclaimable wood.  So, we first had to reclaim it, and then stack it, but we have made a compost bin and a small hot house.  Jimmy also made a neighbor's child a "club house" he was begging for, with a lot of help from his uncle.  We too are preparing for winter...I have to get my plants to warmer weather. LOL So no trips to the hill for us lately. But like us...

 If you have a moment, where ever you are-

remember to -

Keep Looking UP!!!