Now At Over 2800 Raptors



Hawk Crew
by Bill Haley

With only 5 Vultures for the day, our 2017 fall season total, inched up to 2803 with Bill's 11/12/17, Sunday afternoon post.  His Monday post puts the count at 2830. LOL  100 more Raptors for the year +_ would put this year right between the records for seasons 2004 and 2013, both at over 2900 Raptors for their seasons.

Those records, for those who don't see it on their phone "sidebars" are on the page link,  STATS FROM THE PAST . On my phone, there is a small arrow at the top of the right side of my phone blog.  Tapping that arrow will bring down a list of pages that provide additional and stationary info relevant to the blog, and Soddy Mountain Hawk Watch in general. On my computer the pages appear both on the left and right sidebars, at different distances down the blog page for easy access. On a computer one can view small running totals for both the season and Grand Totals to the right and left of the main blog page. I don't always catch them up each report but bring them up to date every few days. At the end of our Season, I will try to remember to Blog the Grand Totals as well. 

 I just added the new page, which will continuously reference the research I am finding on WHERE DO HAWKS GO to Winter. I posted links to the first 2 Blogs for easy future reference and will continue to add blog pages or new links as I find them. On all the pages,  I've tried to answer questions we've often heard on the watch, and make quick links to our stats, directions, history,   ID info for distance calls, the Rehab/Release program by Happinest Rehab, and others.  There's quite a few years of collected info there.

Here are Bill's last 2 Reports, for Sunday and Monday:

Sunday
November 12, 2017

 Complete cloud cover about says it all. Not much going on today.

Weather: Clouds 100%, Wind SE 2-10, Temperature: 54-56 F. Barometric pressure : 30.35 - 30.31. Humidity: 77%. Visibility: 30K.

Raptors by the hour:

12:15-1:00 - 0

1:00-2:00 - TV 5

Total raptors: 5

Counter: Bill Haley -  12:15-2:00

Reporting: Bill Haley

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November Day with the pole
Bill Haley

 

Monday

November 13, 2017

 

Weather: Clouds: 85% @ 9:45. 75% @ 10:00, 60% @ 11:00, 40% @ 12:00, 25% @ 1:00. Wind: NNW 10-15 @ 9:45, changing to N 10-15 for the rest of the day. Temperature: 51 - 55F. Barometric pressure: 30.39 @ 9:45, going up to 30.40 @ 12:00 . Humidity: 80% - 55%.

Coldest day on the lookout so far with a brisk 10-15 mph wind in my face all day. Clearing took much of the morning.

Raptors by hour: 

9:45-10:00 - 0

10:00-11:00 - BE 1 (imm)

11:00-12:00 - TV 25, RT 1

12:00-1:00 - RT  1

Total raptors: 27 (TV 25, BE 1, RT 2) 

 

Counter: Bill Haley - 9:45-1:00

Reporting: Bill Haley 

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Remember, these cold and sometimes windy days, still have many Raptors in migration.  Don't even think it's time to put those binocs down!

 

KEEP LOOKING UP!!!