It's Time to Bundle Up

Tuesday 11 10 26

When the cold mornings come in this week, it will be time to layer and bundle up on the watch.  I am certain the mornings have already had some days that it was tough to hold cold binoculars. But this weekend will finally bring frosts to the valley. Bill might have already seen it on the mountain a couple of times.  Sandhills going North signal Nesting season for the Eagles to me.  I wonder if a few Baldies are gathering sticks down below.  Yet we continue seeing them passing on to more southerly locations.  The Sharpies keep coming a little along. The barometer was falling so, today was a great day for variety. 

Here's the report:

Our November 9th Osprey And First Sandhill Cranes This Fall- 113,000 All Raptors!

 Monday 11 9, 26

Funny to have an Osprey on the same day in 2024.  Sandhills head north right into the cold. They are the most opposite Migrants I know of. LOL  

WE REACHED 113,000 ALL RAPTORS  with this post!

Bill has another good report. The days have been pretty lately. 

Here's the Report:

Black Vultures Decided They Didn't Like The Cold

Sunday, 11 8, 26

Bill commented that he wondered where the Red-tails were in his last post.  And I join him in that and also wondering where all the Red-shouldered Hawks were as well.  I can't help but wonder if they left early??  Or are they staying here for the winter?  

But the Black Vultures are not staying.  Some of both vultures may come in from the north and hang around for the winter, but there are some dead-heading south. 

Here's Sunday's report:

 

Chilly Nights Keep Pushing Hawks South

Saturday, 11 7, 26

It's Greenhouse clean and fill time again.  My little 10 x 14 hoop-house may be small, but it takes a lot of work to get it clean and filled with plants before a frost.  The weather reports just kept changing their mind for days, but one report had Sunday night being 34 in the valley.  At my location, it is always 2 degrees colder. That is freezing. If it went there, a lot of plants I wanted to try and keep were going to die. So I spent 3 hard days getting everything in there.  Blake helps me with the heavy lifting these days, so I don't carry so much across the yard, or struggle lifting it into the greenhouse.  Results are, I am too exhausted to even see if Bill went up to the watch.  So I am doing 2 posts back to back today.  Jimmy doesn't like how they come up in one post so I will separate them.  

 Here's Bill's report:

Southwest Winds Mean Migrating Raptors Take A Rest

 November 6, 26  Friday

There is little chance that staying on the watch with SW winds is going to yield much to report.  Raptors just move elsewhere, or sit it out.  Here is Friday's report;

Black Vultures Are On The Move

November 5 2026, Thursday

Welcome to  Beth Brellinthin who visited a bit today.  Thanks for coming up!

After the rains, and purhaps pushed a bit by the flooding rainfall to the east, Black Vultures are making a showing.  I am in a race against time to get my greenhouse prepared before frosts. Thankfully, the cold is holding off due to the El Nino effects. As it rides low this year, we are having some great fall days.

Here's the report:

A Very Special Report

 November 3, 2026 - Tuesday

A unique Fall day ahead of rains coming our way pushed some new raptors through by the watch.  The first Golden Eagle of the Year, and Black Vultures on the move expands our count a bit! 

Here's the report-