International Hawk Migration Week Continues

This is the week we often expect good numbers of Broad-wings, because over the years there often have been great flights. We report to Hawkcount.org, a records division of Hawk Migration Association Of North America. Bill reported for years a paper report, but Jimmy now does it by computer. He has attempted to get some of our older records up for the interem years by using our online records from the blog. We are delighted to celebrate their Hawk Migration Week for the notable service they provide to also make reccords available to the public. We are therefore able to look at other sites and see how their day has gone. It is remarkable to see the great numbers of hawks which eventually funnel through Texas and the Yucatan, but also each of the smaller sites where the birds originate. We have been the most southern site along the flyway which goes through Tennesee, until we found a couple who reported from their farm, SW of us. Of course there are the the coastal sites which go as far as the Keys. But there is a large gap where no one reports the southern birds from here to the Mississippi. So we feel our data is valuable, although we cannot capture all the hawks coming through the enormous amount of acerage in Tennessee where 10s of thousands of hawks pass every migration, we can account for many of those who pass directly over our site low enough to be seen, if there is someone looking. Thank you Bill for your continued dedication to the love of it!! Here's Monday's report:

HAWKCOUNT.ORG