The light wind blowing off the lake was not strong enough to affect the flight today. Again today most Sharpies passed directly overhead. Although numbers were a little lower than yesterday, we still had a fairly steady stream of birds...and when there were no birds...there were Monarchs!
Today:
Bald Eagle - 1
Northern Harrier - 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 147
Merlin - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Total - 154
To Date:
Turkey Vulture - 4
Osprey - 57
Bald Eagle - 20
Northern Harrier - 53
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 966
Cooper's Hawk - 6
Northern Goshawk - 0
Red-shouldered Hawk - 0
Broad-winged Hawk - 87
Red-tailed Hawk - 9
Rough-legged Hawk - 0
Golden Eagle - 0
American Kestrel - 210
Merlin - 35
Peregrine Falcon - 9
Total - 1456
Eagle Time (DST):
8:30am - BE (imm)
Birds:
Common Raven - 2 flying over the park
Parakeet - 1 possibly flying through the park heading west
Butterflies:
Monarch - 143 counted
Mammals:
Nothing of note
Hawk Watchers:
Carol, Betty, Terry, Lorne, Liz, Hugh, Berle, Manny, Arvo, and several others. Thanks everyone, it's never easy dealing with an all blue sky!
Weather Prediction:
Sep 16th - sunny, SW 10km/h switching to S 15km/h (theweathernetwork.com)
See you along the fence!
Walter
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