Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.5 hours
Compiler: Matt Wlasniewski
Counters: Beth Sassaman, Brandon Brogle, Elizabeth Weed, Rosie Berkin
Visitors: 801
Weather: Overcast to partly cloudy for majority of the day with high cloud ceiling. Light southwest winds didn't disrupt thermal lift.
Raptor Observations: American goshawk moved through the Kempton valley in the morning, a late juvenile broad-winged hawk competed with four golden eagles for raptor of the day runner up.
Non-raptor Observations: Pine siskin, purple finch, red-breasted nuthatch, tree swallow, winter wren, ruby-crowned kinglet, golden-crowned kinglet, cedar waxwing, Palm warbler, yellow-rumped warbler, chipping sparrow
Predictions: Partly sunny with a high of 75, east winds at 5-10mph will shift to south at 10-15 by the afternoon as a low pressure system pushes into the region. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Laurie Goodrich (<goodrich...>) Hawk Mountain Sanctuary information may be found at: http://www.hawkmountain.org/
