DAY 4 OF OCTOBER, BLUE SKIES AND GENTLE WINDS

These days are gorgeous!!! But blue skies aren't the best for high hawks to make their mark on the count. BWs are almost done, but the Sharpies and Coopers are skooting through if you catch them. Bill's report:..... "Soddy Mountain, TN hawk report Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020 ... Duration: 1100-1600 = 5.0 hrs. Counters: Bill Haley, 1100-1600 Tammy and Phil Devine, 1100-1300... A nice couple from Clarksville, Tammy and Phil Devine, joined me from 1100 to 1300. Tammy is an experienced birder, originally from Chicago. While living there she visited a number of hawk lookouts around the Great Lakes, such as Hawk Ridge in Duluth, MN and Holiday Beach in Ontario, as well as Hawk Mountain, PA. She wanted to see a Sharp-shinned Hawk and a Broad-winged Hawk. She got to see 3 Sharpies, a Cooper's and an American Kestrel. No Broad-winged seen. They had to leave at 1300. Wouldn't you know it? Less than 10 minutes after they left, a Broad-wing glided in and soared near the lookout. Six more were seen in the next 50 minutes. That's the way it goes sometimes..... Weather: 1100 clouds 5%, 1200 clouds10%, 1300 clouds 40%, after 1400 clouds 15%; 1100 wind SE 2-8, 1200 wind SE 2-8, 1500 wind SE 2-8. Temperature 60-74F; visibility 50-60K..... Hawks by the hour: 1100-1200: SS 2, AK 1 1200-1300: SS 1, CH 1 1300-1400: BW 2 1400-1500: SS 1, BW 5 1500-1600: SS 3 Total: SS 7, CH 1, BW 7, AK 1 = 16 ...... Reporting, : William G. (Bill) Haley" ......KEEP LOOKING UP!!!!..... C