Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Nancy Ott
Observers: Barb Carrier, Dave Poder, Greg Gdula, Joe Carrier
Visitors: Greg Gdula, Dave Poder, Barb and Joe Carrier.
Weather: Started the day with cloudy skies and beams of sun coming through in the valley. East to SE winds mild. Towards end of day winds switched to W/SW and winds increased with gusts as high as 18 mph. Clouds cirrus most of day making birds appear silhouettes with poor lighting for color.
Raptor Observations: 88 raptors with 68 of those BW. 3 eagles flew south all BE not counted. RS flew around valley in afternoon, not migrating. GE ad at 11:17 flew over head high. BE adult 11:18 and BE 11:54-Juv. 3 eagles counted. TV's floated around during the day.
Non-raptor Observations: Blue birds, juncos, chickadees, cardinals, nuthatches, tree swallows, mourning doves, great blue heron-close overhead, 3 different flocks of water fowl-distant, turkey, deer, towhee, golden crown kinglet, 1 beat up raven looking rough-feathers missing.
Predictions: Starts out mild temps 40's-50's, partly sunny that changes to cloudy, rain around 1:30 DST. West winds with gusts up to 48 mph. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Nancy Ott (<ednancy.ott...>)
