Sunday
Sept. 23, 2018
Bill wrote -
"Jimmy:
You'll get a hawk report from Tami King for today, Sunday, Sept. 23. We had some hawks, but not a large number.
You know the old Kenny Rogers song with the line, "You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em"? That applies to the hawk lookout too. Tammy and I had a nice time visiting with Starr Klien and her friend Dianne Boyle, who joined us to see a few hawks. Dianne was new to hawkwatching, but used to be an air traffic controller in the Air Force and with FAA, so knows how to use binoculars. Both she and Starr work at Wild Birds Unlimited.
It slowly clouded over and the last few Broad-wings we saw were low and flapping because they had lost their lift. We heard thunder to the west, so knew our time was probably short on the lookout.
About 3:10 we looked to the south and there was clearly rain pouring out of a nearby cloud - and it was approaching rapidly. It was definitely "time to fold 'em"....our lawn chairs that is. We quickly packed up and got off the lookout. No sooner had we stowed our gear and got in our cars than the deluge began. If we'd hesitated even one minute, we would have been drenched! It rained so hard you could hardly see going down the mountain. Thus our hawk-watching came to an abrupt end today.
Bill"
So here's Tami's report:
9/23/18
BW 32
CH 1
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Raptor Total: 33
"Hi All!
Bill asked me to send this to ya'll to post on the web and the Hawkcount site.
The sheet for today is attached.
Began at 10:10. First BW at 10:46.
Several nice eyeball birds at the beginning. 'Seemed to be popping up after spending the night nearby.
Bill Haley arrived at 1 PM
Visitors: Starr Klien and Dianne Boyle arrived at 1:30.
Rain shut us down at 3:15.
'Wish ya'll could've been there!
Tami "
And a clip from her XL report. She used to report to Hawkcount.org with this chart. Jimmy has our numbers there too. I'll put up the link!~~~ Hawkcount.org
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| Tami's spread sheet for HMANA style reports Below, the chart form our site on Hawkcount.org |
 When I pulled up the download I had saved from Tami, I laughed to see she had sent me a similar document last year, on exactly the same date. LOL Hate we missed seeing you, too Tami, and I've missed seeing everyone this year. Much appreciation for those who've helped count! And the visitors. It's not too late to KEEP LOOKING UP!!! |
Note, Jimmy had some difficulty getting totals uploaded to hawk count, and it appears to have dropped his very first entry from 9/9/18. We'll make the correction as soon as he can. The side bar tots reflect the 3 bird different. 2 BWs and a Coopers hawk. Thanks.
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