3 Days As They Appear On Hawkcount dot Org

Bill Haley took a picture of  the crew one day this week.  Harold Birch, Roi and Debbie Shannon, and Jim Rowell
 

Neither Jimmy or I have been able to get up for a few days.  Our health is not what we hoped lately. So we can only send a billion thanks to those who could.  They have been faithful! And we have missed being with them so much.. Love to them all.

Jimmy has posted the last 3 days of slower stats to Hawkcount.org so I though I would post those 3 days as charts, so we can connect you to that location for much of the data reported in the Eastern US.  It is where we have always gone to see what other watches might be seeing.  And the one note I want to make about those sites, is that we are all at various elevations.  Many at higher elevations have seen more hawks this year.  Which only affirms what we often say about blue sky days.  The hawks are there, just too high to see them against the blue skies.

Monday
Sept 25, 2017
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BE 1
BW 5
Total Raptors 6

http://hawkcount.org/466-2017-09-25

Tuesday
Sept 26, 2017
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OS  1
SS    1
Total Raptors 2


 http://hawkcount.org/466-2017-09-26

Wednesday
Sept 27 2017
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BE   1
NH  1
SS    1
RS   1
BW  30
AK   1
Total Raptors  35


 http://hawkcount.org/466-2017-09-27

 









































Our crew has had a good mix of clouds some days, but also some long hours of that very blue, cloudless sky as well.  BW numbers will of course wind down as we go into October, and the push will be on for other raptors.  So I also want to reference our readers to the chart page which shows when concentrations of which hawks can be viewed and when.  This is a page which remains up and can be clicked on from side bar, or on your phone from the pull down arrow which reveals the pages.

This chart can be seen anytime on our SPECIES KEY page .
 (I enlarged it from the copy so it's a little blurry. Sorry.)

NOTE that Osprey, Bald Eagles, Broad-wings, and Peregrine Falcons are migrating primarily during September and into early October.  Sharp-shinned and Coopers Hawks are just getting revved up for October. While Red-tailed, Red-shouldered hawks, and Harriers begin their biggest push in mid October.  And the largest push of Red-tails and Vultures movement is in November.   At this time, huge numbers of Vultures can be seen behaving much like BW's.  And are equally enjoyable to watch thermaling and soaring, because they are often easier to see.   Thanks for the reports, guys!

So now you are connected and a little better informed.

Slow days, with less than 50 hawks seen over 3 days makes some wonder why stay up there.  Well it's at least 35 more than most people will notice in 3 days. LOL  And the fellowship is great.  Laughter and friendship are never in short supply.  A couple of hours on the hawkwatch can do great things for your mood, and all you have to do other than eat and talk is

KEEP LOOKING UP!!!