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| RSFL intergrade |
Official Counter
Adam Richardson
Observers
None
Weather
Partly cloudy skies of mostly stratus clouds at 09:30. By
14:30 the skies were overcast and by the end of the day it looked like it was
precipitating to the SW over the Big Belts.
Thermal lift was mostly poor today as the clouds and wind kept the
temperatures cool. Winds were mostly out
of the SW at 6-16kph. A high temperature
of 9C at 13:30. The barometer fell steadily through the afternoon. Visibility was limited to the east and west
but by 13:30 the clouds had lifted considerably.
Raptor Notes
Camp Baker had a solid flight today with a squad of TUVU (10)
coming through between 14:00-16:00. They
reminded me of water circling a drain the way they followed one another on the
poor thermals through the area. The
birds didn’t linger at all, but moved N quickly eventually folding up over
Berkins Butte before shooting into the Smith River canyon.
Residents were active today with the pair of adult BAEA
nesting in the Johnston Pasture tolerating an immature BAEA, possibly a
hatchling of theirs from last year. The
one adult is definitely incubating as she hasn’t moved for days minus a few off
bouts. Her mate was seen perched in the
same tree on the same branch as the immature eagle. The immature went down and harassed a couple
of CANG that are possibly nesting in the vicinity. The CANG picked some horrible real estate if
that is the case as I already watched one of the adult BAEA ripping up the nest
material for use in its own nest. Now
the CANG have to contend with a juvenile bird that is obviously looking for a
hand out. The CANG did a good job of
mobbing the juvenile eagle together and the eagle moved off a short
distance. I am not sure this tactic will
work when there is gosling to be had soon.
Non-raptor Notes
I was finally able to get some decent photos of the RSFL
intergrade that has been calling regularly from the area near the bluff since I
arrived. I have heard one other NOFL
answer it’s call and drumming.
The new arrival today was heard at sunset, the first WISN of the spring was performing its winnowing flight call upstream from my camp.
Visitors
None
Next Day Forecast
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