Sometimes we simply miss out by not being able to send a text attachment! Bill Haley's report was much more eloquent than mine could ever be. We just knew this day was coming! The hawk watch had experienced a week of 100% cloud cover and rain. Up north in Pennsylvania hawks by the hundreds had passed watches only to be detained by the same stalled weather front we were experiencing. One day the flood gates would open, but which day? Wow! What a day! We set some new daily high count records today! Here are the final totals. Clouds varied fron 2% to 60%, but mostly 10% or below, temperatures from 63-78F, barometric pressure from 30.06 to 30.12, wind NNE 5-15 MPH: OS - 1 BE - 7 (New daily record, previous record 6) SS - 3 CH - 3 BW - 1724 (New daily record, previous record 1441) RT - 2 ML - 1 (First Merlin of the year!) UA - 1 UE - 1 Here's an hourly breakdown on the Broadwings. We had a couple of pretty decent hours! Keep in mind that we have gone whole BW seasons in some years and not seen this many! Big kettle of the day was 102 at 3:49. Several kettles of 80 or more. 1 - 0700-0800 0 - 0800-0900 145 - 0900-1000 641 - 1000-1100 133 - 1100-1200 61 - 1200-1300 446 - 1300-1400 152 - 1400-1500 129 - 1500-1600 16 - 1600-1700 ------- 1724 BW Thanks to all the folks who came up to help scan the skies today! Counters were Jim Rowell, Roi Shannon, Bill Haley, Susan Schott, Jimmmy Wilkerson and Cynthia Wilkerson. Jimmy Wilkerson for Bill Haley Hixson / Chattanooga, Tn. =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================