Peregrine Situation Resolved

Wednesday, 10 2, 2024 was a lovely day with lots of fluffy fall clouds and a good day for Hawk Migration. Yesterday, while doing numbers, it occurred to me that we only had one Peregrine Falcon, and there was a Peregrine Falcon photographed at the Dam. Sooo, what if our counted bird was now at the Dam. Well, considering a Hurricane was one the way or had just passed we could give it some grace if it was our count bird,( which we have no way of knowing), or we could consider the possibility of a second bird which didn't fly over the watch. So, to solve the delimna, and not remove our bird, would do 2 things. 1. Peregrines are moving through in good numbers this time of year, and the counts in the Florida Keys Hawk Watch are great proof of that. Their watch is a great funneling spot. So no problems with hoping there were more Falcon's in our area this time of year. But, 2. if a second one is counted now, the question is solved. Yes there are other Peregrines passing through for us as well. So our Turesday count, solved our delimna. And we can keep our count at 2, mostly because the first bird Bill counted was seen going on through for as we could determine that it was in migration. In actuallity, even if it were to pause or stay at the Dam, and become a nester, it won't be the first time. And the bird would have come from the north, and migrated here. So no problem. There are, as you see, reasons for our count numbers, and we do consider their accuracy. So here's the great fall report: