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| Turkey Vulture - Blue Sky Bill Haley |
Arrived 10:30, left 12:30. 2.0
hours total.
10:00 wind NE 2-5, clouds 5%, visib.
70K, temp. 60 F, hum. 77%, baro. 30.28
11:00 wind ENE 2-5, clouds 15%,
temp. 64 F, hum. 64%, baro. 30.29 and rising
12:00 temp. 68 F, hum. 50%, baro.
30.30 and rising
Saw 4 local Red-tailed Hawks at
11:12. (I thought I had 4 Broad-wings at first). Not
countable.
Broad-winged Hawk (1) 11:58 SW
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Every hour counts, so we are proud to hear from anyone who is able to stop for even a few minutes. Lately, Bill has been carving out time an hour or two at a time, even though he didn't expect to. He is honing his skilss for a trip to Hawk Mountain later! Jealous. But happy for him.
He sends the following e-mail report for the time he was able to spend on the watch for Monday and Tuesday:
Tuesday: 9/15/15:
Arrived 9:00, left 11:30. 2.5 hours
total.
9:00 wind ENE 1-3, clouds 10%,
visib. 60K, fog low over river, temp. 58 F, hum. 97%, baro. 30.36 -
rising
10:00 wind E 2-5, no weather report
available
11:00 wind E 2-5, clouds 5%, temp.
70 F, hum. 63%, baro. 30.38 - rising
5 young Wild Turkey on Jones Gap
Road, about ½ mile from lookout on the way in.
Bay-breasted Warbler and Solitary
(Blue-headed) Vireo seen close by in trees at south end of lookout. The vireo
sat near the top of a dead pine and sang, giving me good looks. Beautiful
bird!
Red-headed Woodpeckers 2, heading
south.
Monarch 1
3 Broad-winged Hawks(1) 10:16 SW, (1)
10:20 SW, (1) 10:55 SW
1 Bald Eagle (1) 11:06 S
(imm.)
I’ve attached a few photos taken
yesterday and today. Unfortunately the Red-tails have not gotten close enough
for good photos - yet.
Bill Haley
reporting
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Aspiring Hawk Watchers, Bill's posts show you how to keep data. I don't have the time to copy Jimmy's data every time, but when the guys give me their own data, I am always glad to share it the way they record it, for you. They usually enter each bird down the page and then the times they see them in a paragraph out beside it. Some do it by hours, and then birds. Either way. it makes for easier counting at days end.
We also were up on Tuesday, 9/15/15, but were working at the site the whole time. But every bit I did look up and around to scan the whole sky. The Turkey Vultures were silhouetted beautifully against the bright blue sky, and the visibility was as remarkable as it has been all week. There were absolutely no clouds all afternoon. We arrived about 1:00 and left about 6:00 and never saw a single hawk. I heard a single local Red-shouldered calling for a bit, but I never saw it. Today is a classic day that would be wasted looking for hawks through binocs. So much sky to scan, with no background is exhausting for so many hours. If there were hawks high, we never would have gotten on them. It was a great day to get things done.
Jimmy and I plan to go up today because the outlook shows some clouds. No back up front, but it's about time to see some numbers or a kettle or two! Hearing good numbers from northern posts.
SOOOOO..
KEEP LOOKING UP!!!
Cynthia and Jimmy Wilkerson
In an ongoing attempt to educate you about the site, the following picture shows the ridge line to the left of the brow, and also the telephone pole that is a major marker in our hawk watch vernacular. You may often hear us say, "it's Past the pole," or "over the pole," or "between the wires," as landmark indicators to where we are seeing the hawks in that great big sky.
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Aspiring Hawk Watchers, Bill's posts show you how to keep data. I don't have the time to copy Jimmy's data every time, but when the guys give me their own data, I am always glad to share it the way they record it, for you. They usually enter each bird down the page and then the times they see them in a paragraph out beside it. Some do it by hours, and then birds. Either way. it makes for easier counting at days end.
We also were up on Tuesday, 9/15/15, but were working at the site the whole time. But every bit I did look up and around to scan the whole sky. The Turkey Vultures were silhouetted beautifully against the bright blue sky, and the visibility was as remarkable as it has been all week. There were absolutely no clouds all afternoon. We arrived about 1:00 and left about 6:00 and never saw a single hawk. I heard a single local Red-shouldered calling for a bit, but I never saw it. Today is a classic day that would be wasted looking for hawks through binocs. So much sky to scan, with no background is exhausting for so many hours. If there were hawks high, we never would have gotten on them. It was a great day to get things done.
Jimmy and I plan to go up today because the outlook shows some clouds. No back up front, but it's about time to see some numbers or a kettle or two! Hearing good numbers from northern posts.
SOOOOO..
KEEP LOOKING UP!!!
Cynthia and Jimmy Wilkerson
In an ongoing attempt to educate you about the site, the following picture shows the ridge line to the left of the brow, and also the telephone pole that is a major marker in our hawk watch vernacular. You may often hear us say, "it's Past the pole," or "over the pole," or "between the wires," as landmark indicators to where we are seeing the hawks in that great big sky.
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| THE POLE |
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