Very Slow First Hours on Monday and Sandhills Steal the Show, Tuesday Report Below

Wishing you a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING on this upcoming Thursday! May it be a Blessed day for all our families. I know in our family, several people may have to work, so we will be missing them this year. And there are many who are far away. But we can be thankful anywhere. ---- This past weekend, Bill was away at an insulator show. So there are no weekend reports. But he was back at it on Monday. We often say that too much wind deters some hawk fights, but the exact opposite will deter Vulture movement. No winds mean a difficult flight with a lot of wing work for all the raptors, but the Vultures love the wind, and will come out of nowhere on a windy day. On Monday they definitely were a no show until a little wind arose around 1100 hrs. Sandhills Steal the show all day:

This month has flown by for me. Suddenly in 2 days we are facing the Holidays just before the start of a new year. And it is also the final couple of weeks before Bill expectes to call the watch. For now, the Sandhills are beginning to rule the skies up near Birchwood and are stealing the show at the watch as well. Bald Eagles are arriving to their winter nesting areas, as huge snows lock the north in record breaking depths in some areas. Will we see some large pushes of Sandhills trying to escape? Sandhills make a second showing on Tuesday, and Vulture numbers keep pushing up: