Saturday, October 6, 2007

This photo is not from yesterday, but it is symbolic of the last half of our season. What started out as a promising record breaking year, has been shut down early by cold, windy weather.

Mark Gleason ran solo today. Not only were additional helpers absent, he also lacked any hawks to band.

Mark and Martin will be up there Sunday. They will be starting to close up the operation, but depending on weather, they may see if they can bring in a few last hawks.

Our total stands at 279, which is third behind 2005 and 2006, as of today's date.

Another First for the Season - Sunday, September 30, 2007

But not the kind of "first" that we want to record. Sorry. Sunday was a big old SKUNK. I'm sure Martin stayed until the very last bit of snow had melted, and the last glimmer of light had faded, hoping to at least see a hawk through the clouds and the mist and the snow.

But it was not to be today. Interestingly enough, out of all 7 years, this is the third September 30th with a zero day.

Answer to yesterdays quiz - Northern Goshawk - HY male

Todays quiz - sometimes all you see is a blur like this:

Check back tomorrow.