Thursday, October 26
Hawk Mountain movie clip
Berks.tv recently did a short feature on Hawk Mountain and so you can listen and watch the president, Lee Schisler talk about the migration and history on Berks.tv.
The Halloween Post
We all had a great time at the haunted house and the corn maze was also a lot of fun. The scariest part of the haunted house was the room that slowly started closing in on you...I was glad I am not claustrophobic.
Tomorrow the fun is going to continue with some pumpkin carving at Shaumboch's and then Friday evening we are having a Halloween party at the same place.
Keeping with the scary Halloween theme, here is a picture of a Black Vulture, because thats the scariest I can do.
Tomorrow the fun is going to continue with some pumpkin carving at Shaumboch's and then Friday evening we are having a Halloween party at the same place.
Keeping with the scary Halloween theme, here is a picture of a Black Vulture, because thats the scariest I can do.
Friday, October 20
Busy week
This was an incredibly busy week. Let's see, we went shopping for winter boots for the other interns on Tuesday, grocery shopping on Wednesday, Thursday was a talk on mountain gorillas at Kutztown University and now today we are going to a corn maze and haunted house! Here is a picture of a large boot we found while shopping...
I got rained out twice this week at the North Lookout, the second time was today and I spent a pleasant hour at the top in clouds until I figured no birds were gonna be coming. That was a good decision because soon after the rain came hard.
Tomorrow Justine and some of her Messiah friends are coming to Hawk Mountain for the afternoon.
I got rained out twice this week at the North Lookout, the second time was today and I spent a pleasant hour at the top in clouds until I figured no birds were gonna be coming. That was a good decision because soon after the rain came hard.
Tomorrow Justine and some of her Messiah friends are coming to Hawk Mountain for the afternoon.
Tuesday, October 10
Fall colors and slow/busy weekend
The leaves are getting better everyday up at Hawk Mountain, maybe in one or two weeks they will reach their peak.
Here is the view from River View Overlook, one of the "secret lookouts."
Columbus Day weekend was incredibly slow for birds but very busy for visitors. On Sunday I think we had over 1,500 visitors going up the mountain at least as far as the South Lookout. It was too bad we barely got over 100 birds each of the three days. This coming weekend looks like it will be a lot better because a cold front will be going through tonight and then another on Friday night. We will see what happens.
Last night the guys had a fun time grilling chicken and hanging out while the girls were still up at North Lookout.
Here is the view from River View Overlook, one of the "secret lookouts."
Columbus Day weekend was incredibly slow for birds but very busy for visitors. On Sunday I think we had over 1,500 visitors going up the mountain at least as far as the South Lookout. It was too bad we barely got over 100 birds each of the three days. This coming weekend looks like it will be a lot better because a cold front will be going through tonight and then another on Friday night. We will see what happens.
Last night the guys had a fun time grilling chicken and hanging out while the girls were still up at North Lookout.
Saturday, October 7
Longwood
It's been a long time since I posted anything because I have been too busy. I had Thursday afternoon and all day Friday off so I got to watch Justine's field hockey team play Donegal and then visit Jon Thom @ Longwood Gardens. The gardens were pretty cool and in full bloom. The indoor gardens were particularly cool as well as the ponds with water lilies.
Tomorrow is the Big Sit! and I am gonna see if tomorrow's counters want to participate in that at all. It's a national event, with teams competing to see how many species they can see and hear from inside a 17-ft diameter circle.
This weekend is particularly long because we are going to be doing programs on Monday as well because of Columbus Day. I had the Raptor Study Techniques program today with Talal and I don't have it for the rest of the weekend so the "hardest" part is over. Tomorrow I will be at the North Lookout in the morning and at South in the afternoon. The winds look like they will change to NW in the afternoon and so the flight could be very good. Monday is supposed to also be NW winds so it could also be a good flight day. We had our second Golden Eagle today, as well as my 2nd Red-shouldered Hawk of the season so the later birds are already here. Now we are just waiting on Goshawk and Roughleg.
Tomorrow is the Big Sit! and I am gonna see if tomorrow's counters want to participate in that at all. It's a national event, with teams competing to see how many species they can see and hear from inside a 17-ft diameter circle.
This weekend is particularly long because we are going to be doing programs on Monday as well because of Columbus Day. I had the Raptor Study Techniques program today with Talal and I don't have it for the rest of the weekend so the "hardest" part is over. Tomorrow I will be at the North Lookout in the morning and at South in the afternoon. The winds look like they will change to NW in the afternoon and so the flight could be very good. Monday is supposed to also be NW winds so it could also be a good flight day. We had our second Golden Eagle today, as well as my 2nd Red-shouldered Hawk of the season so the later birds are already here. Now we are just waiting on Goshawk and Roughleg.
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