Bill Needed A Few More Hawks

Would you sit for 5 plus hours to see 10 hawks? If you love doing it, you would. Jimmy and have. Were actually chomping at the bit to get up there, so we could. It is so much better with more eyes, because, no matter how dedicated you are, looking into the skies for hours takes a toll on the body. Blue skies have an additional negative for hawk watchers, other than just making hawks high in the sky difficult to see. The constant unrelenting sun, burns, stresses your eyes, and add the danger of dehydration, sun exhaustion. I definitely experiened it once. Was sweating and suddenly my body just dried up. No sweat, and I could feel it like a wash of hot air from head to toe. It was so significant, that I mentioned how strange it felt. Bill and Jimmy immediately recognized what had happened. I was on the verge of a heat stroke without water and shade. So they sent me to the car. This was years ago, and yet that one time, brings a lifetime of not being able to withstand the direct sun for hours straight the way I did before the experience. Many years earlier, Jimmy had experienced this while working on putting some underpinning up. He was using corregated metal, on a hot day. It did the same for him. And he has always found a shady place to park the car since then. Desires a tent or umbrella to stay on the watch. It takes it's toll. As we get older, we are very happy not to see Bill alone on the watch. He is careful, but he is benefitted by guests, even if he misses a hawk or two. But the other thing that helps is just seeing a few more birds. So 10 is better than 2. Here's the report:

Here are a few guests from the past several days. We love you braved the slow days!