First 4 Reports of Fall 2021

I just looked at the preview, and the formatting is not working after all. I will repost all of this as pictures like last year next post. For now, these are the emails from Bill starting with the Phrase "Fall 2021" Here are the Reports for Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at the Hawk watch. Already this morning, Wednesday, Bill called to say that the complete cloud cover has forced him off the hill. We will see what he reports for the morning, later. I wish to thank Jayne, David and Rick for their support. Appreciate you coming to visit! Fall 2021 _____________________________________________ Bill Haley Weather First day of fall 2021 at Soddy Mountain, Tennessee hawk lookout. Weather: 9:30: wind ESE 2-5, clouds 10%, visibility 10K, temp. 76 F. 11:00: wind E 3-6, clouds 5%, visib. 15K. 12:00: wind E 2-8, clouds 1%, visib. 40K (hazy). 1:00: clouds 15%, temp. 83 F. 2:00: clouds 20%, wind SE 2-8, temp. 84F 3:00: clouds 25%, temp. 85 F Raptor Notes Raptors by the hour: 9:30-10:00 - 0 10:00-11:00 - BW 2 11:00-12:00 - 0 12:00-1:00 - BW 7 1:00-2:00: CH 1, BW 11 2:00-3:00: CH 1, BW 6 3:00-4:00: OS 1, BE 3 (all adults), BW 2 Raptors: OS 1, BE 3, CH 2, BW 28 Total: 34 raptors Reporting: William G. (Bill) Haley Visitors Visitors: Jayne Trapnell, David Aborn 2:00-3:00. ________________________________________ Soddy Mountain, TN hawk watch Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 12:00-4:00 = 4.0 hr. Counters: Wm. G. (Bill) Haley (12-4), Rick Williams(2-4) Weather: 1200: wind E 2-8, clouds 20%, visib. 25K, very hazy, temp. 82 F 1:00: clouds 5%, temp. 84 F 2:00: clouds 15%, temp. 86 F 3:00: wind SE 2-8, clouds 30%, temp. 87 Raptors by hour: 12:00-1:00 - CH 1, BW 1 1:00-2:00 - SS 1, BW 1 2:00-3:00 - 0 3:00-4:00 - BE 2 Total raptors: 6 Reporting: William G (Bill) Haley ___________________________________________ Soddy Mountain, TN hawk report Monday, September 13, 2021 Counter: William G. (Bill) Haley Duration: 9:30-3:00 = 5.5 hrs. Weather: 9:30 wind calm, clouds 10%, visib. 10K, temp. 78 F 10:00 wind NE 2-5, clouds 2%, temp. 79 F 11:00 clouds 30%, visib. 20K (hazy), temp. 82 F 12:00 wind E 5-10, temp. 84 F 1:00 clouds 40%, temp. 87 F 2:00 wind SE 5-10, clouds 60%, temp. 89 Raptors: 9:30-10:00 - 0 10:00-11:00 - 0 11:00-12:00 - AK 1 12:00-1:00 - CH 1, BW 12 1:00-2:00 - BW 5 2:00-3:00 - 0 CH 1, BW 17, AK 1 = 19 total raptors Reporting: William G. (Bill) Haley ___________________________________________ Soddy Mountain, TN hawk totals Tues., Sept. 14 Duration: 9:30-3:00 Counter: William G. (Bill) Haley Weather: 9:30 wind calm, clouds 2%, visib. 10K, temp. 77 F 11:00 wind ESE 2-5, clouds 5%, temp 81 F 12:00 wind ESE 5-10, clouds 50%, temp. 84 F 1:00 clouds 70%, temp. 85 F 2:00 clouds 60%, temp. 87 F Raptors by the hour: 9:30-10:00 - 0 10:00-11:00 - 0 11:00-12:00 - BW 4 12:00-1:00 - 0 1:00-2:00 - BW 12 2:00-3:00 - ML 1 BW 16, ML 1 = 17 total raptors Still not seeing any big numbers of Broad-wings. Hopefully it'll pick up soon. The bird of the day was a Merlin. It topped the north ridge, never slowed down, and passed directly overhead. We typically don't see many. Only 11 in 341 hours last year. Any day I see a Merlin is a good day! Reporting: William G. (Bill) Haley _________________________________________________ It will be curious to see if Hurricane Ida and its predecesor pushed the northern Hawks West about time this migration began. If so, they may migrate along a line west of our mountain. We will see. But in order to know, someone must KEEP LOOKING UP!!!