First Junco!

Yesterday I sighted my first Junco at my feeding station.....sign that Winter is almost here!

Another amazing day at the Hawk Watch!  121 birds!  I'm having a great year! 

Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2013
Species    Day's Count    Month Total    Season Total
Black Vulture    2    22    47
Turkey Vulture    1    6    9
Osprey    1    18    121
Bald Eagle    2    17    88
Northern Harrier    1    8    35
Sharp-shinned Hawk    64    516    916
Cooper's Hawk    2    26    50
Northern Goshawk    0    0    0
Red-shouldered Hawk    17    34    55
Broad-winged Hawk    0    0    7611
Red-tailed Hawk    27    33    39
Rough-legged Hawk    0    0    0
Golden Eagle    0    1    1
American Kestrel    0    20    110
Merlin    1    8    13
Peregrine Falcon    0    7    13
Unknown Accipiter    1    3    3
Unknown Buteo    2    3    6
Unknown Eagle    0    0    0
Unknown Falcon    0    0    1
Unknown Raptor    0    2    20
Total:    121    724    9138

Observation start time:    08:00:00
Observation end time:    16:00:00
Total observation time:    8 hours

Weather:
Strong winds out of the WNW, complete cloud cover for most of the day. Temperatures ranged from 4c to 8c.

Raptor Observations:
1 Unknown Northern Harrier. 17 Red-shouldered Hawks, 3 adults,14 unknown. 2 Adult Bald Eagles flew directly over the platform and proceeded South. An additional Adult Bald Eagle was watched North of the platform and did not migrate South,it was not counted. 1 female Kestrel flew West of the platform and down into the valley, it was not counted.

Non-raptor Observations:
2174 Canada Geese,1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 22 Cedar Wax-wings, 3 Red-wing Blackbirds, 25 Double-crested Cormorants, 2 Ravens, 3 local Red-tailed Hawks, 1 Flicker, 2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers,3 Gulls. Multiple Chickadee, Nuthatch, Tufted-titmouse & Blue-jays around the platform most of the day.