Soddy Mountain Hawk Lookout Hamilton Co., TN - - on Walden's Ridge Above Soddy Daisy, TN Elevation 1385' Due to a 100% rain out I now have time to file this abbreviated report. The Broad-wing totals are about average this year so far. This week-end and early next week should be peak time for Broad-winged Hawk migration. A weather system has moved in today with locally heavy rain. The forecast for Saturday and Sunday is also calling for more rain. The weather channel is showing maps of rain covering the entire eastern United States. If the weather breaks Monday and it is partly cloudy as predicted then Monday should be a really good flight day! Our season started on September 4th. and is still running. We have had 3 very good flight days and one exceptionally good day counting Broad-wings. On 9-14 we had 389, on 9-19 we had 340, on 9-20 we had 1358 and yesterday 9-21 we had 466. Surprisingly, last Saturday, when everything appeared perfect for a good flight, we had zero Broad-wings all day! Year to date totals: Osprey 8 Bald Eagle 10 (6 Adult - 4 Immature) Northern Harrier 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 21 Cooper's Hawk 6 Broad-winged Hawk 2631 Red-tailed Hawk 2 American Kestrel 5 Peregrine Falcon 3 Unidentified Falcon 1 Unidentified Raptor 1 Totals: 2689 If anyone needs directions, just ask me. Jimmy Wilkerson Hixson/Chattanooga, TN Hamilton Co. =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________