Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5.33 hours
Official Counter: AB
Observers:
Visitors: None
Weather: Cold, cloudy morning with a few snow flurries to begin the survey. Strong NW winds at 29-38kph Increasing to 39-49kph by 10:00. Visibility was excellent. Mostly cloudy skies for the entire count, although the sun did peak out a few times. Low temperature of 1C at 08:40 and a high of 6C by 13:00. The count was called off at 14:00 due to the poor conditions for migrating raptors and increasing winds.
Raptor Observations: TV 2 (272) BE 1 (92) SS 1 (152) BW 3 (821) RT 2 (251) Total 9 (2011)
Slow flight which was to be expected considering the less-than-ideal conditions for migrating raptors.
At 10:31 the resident immature RT glided through the cut and into the gap. At 13:55 an adult BE was spotted far out over Stone Valley gaining altitude. It eventually moved S down the valley.
Non-raptor Observations: Mourning Dove 1 Common Loon 6 Turkey Vulture 4 Pileated Woodpecker 1 American Crow 1 Tree Swallow 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 American Goldfinch 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Predictions: Areas of frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Adam Richardson (<poecile.gambeli...>) Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch information may be found at: tusseymountainspringhawkwatch.org/
