Some Hawk Watch Days Are Just 0 To 5 Low Count Days

Cool air is slowly seeping into our days. In the mornings around the house the trees are very birdy. This morning the partly cloudy skies would seem encouraging if it were late September, and we were looking into them for Broad-wings. From this point on, kettles of hawks are less expected. Not out of the question, but less expected. Some hawks do come through as more than one of a species at a time, and sometimes more than one species at a time, but they dribble through. One or two here and one or two there. Until vulture season nearer November. Bill is good at catching those hawks zipping out of the north down the valley. It was my weakness. I was always good at getting the ones high over our heads or sneaking behind us.Debbie got the specks so high or far out. Roi kept the ridgeline covered, and found the ones ducking into the tree line. Harold could pull hawks from the skies around Vultures like none of us ever could, and Jimmy loved the ones which came in low as all of us were looking up higher. Hawk watching as a team made the job much easier. We could divy up the sky into quadrants if needed and switch up to relieve the monotiny. Miss our team time. But there is no team this year, or for a couple of years. So we are always so happy to see the days when Bill has help. But I am sure there are days he loves the restfulness of just sitting and looking for hawks. Many times through the years, we looked all day in good conditions and left the watch with a 0 raptor count. But not on Monday...Here's the report: