First Kettle of the Year!

Clouds make the viewing SOOOOOO much better!!!

 

Sept. 10 ~ Sunday

BW  33

BE      1

 

I am happy to welcome a new addition to our crew of Soddy Mountain hawk-watchers. When I arrived on the lookout after church, Tami King was already set up with folding chair, complete with attachable umbrella, backpack, water, snacks, tally sheet, and she was scanning the sky for hawks. Obviously this was not her first time on a hawk lookout! 

Turns out she has a 26 years of experience as a hawk counter at Caesars Head State Park in South Carolina, a site that has very good hawk numbers, with some years over 10,000 Broad-wings. Tami recently moved to Collegedale, TN, and was very glad to learn of the Soddy Mountain hawk lookout.  Their loss at Caesar's Head is definitely our gain! She teaches music, specifically strings, at Southern Adventist. Tami plans to be on the lookout whenever possible. 

Now for the hawk report: Tami was on the lookout from 10:00-5:00. I was there from 12:30-5-00. Temperature at 10:00 was 62 F,  wind was NNE 2-6 mph, visibility was 60K,  and it was clear. Clouds at noon were only 5%, but at 1:00 they were 20%, and that increased throughout the afternoon to 55% at 4:00. Winds of 5-8 varied from NE to E, and then back to N at 3:00.

Broad-winged Hawk: 

(1) 12:57, (1) 1:18, (1) 1:21, (1) 1:36,  (5) 1:41, (1) 1:55, (2) 1:59, (2) 2:17, (7) 2:40, (11) 2:43, (1) 3:55. 

Bald Eagle:

(1 adult) 2:05

Monarch butterfly 2

TOTAL: 33 BW, 1 BE

Reporting: Bill Haley

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Welcome, Tami!!! Glad to have you on board!

Any one else willing???

 

What a wonderful surprise to find a new watcher manning the watch.  And a blessing that she can continue to watch. And a veteran at that!  So glad they had steady activity today. It is certainly a clue to more to come!

 

 

More eyes to the skies is what we always need. So we can

 

KEEP LOOKING UP!!!!