Today, we arrived a little later than usual, to absolute blue skies. Yet as the day progressed, a few clouds developed, and just as we knew was possible, a steady count of hawks. Anything that passed a cloud and could be seen. I am sure we missed a few, because it was impossible to cover the whole sky at once, but as Jimmy says, "We get what we can."
Some days it seems like so few when we see so many one or two at a time. But the day passes quickly. From 1:00 to 2 we had 78. From 3:00 to 4 we had 92. The rest of the day obviously was slow, singles to 4 or 5 at a time. Mostly singles.
Yesterday, our friend Charles Murray came by. And Harold sat out the day with us. Today we were alone all day. It's comforting to know we could pull out a reasonable number even on days with singles. Jimmy got his new glasses. He actually was much better able to see a number of the ones that were evading him. It alleviates some of his frustrations. He was seeing details, much better, as you might guess.
Today's stats:
191 Broad-wings
1 Sharp-Shinned
2 Coopers
1 ABE ( Adult Bald Eagle)
Also seen was 1 Cormorant. Odd to see only one.
In the next few days, we may not set anymore records, but we have seen friends and shared hawk-watching, and watched one more migration assure us that some things should never change. The miracle that moves within a wild thing to go and follow its path year after year. Never ceases to amaze me, and never makes me happier than to see it healthy.
Keep looking up!!!!!
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