I apologize for the delay in getting information out. I have been at Smith

Point and we haven't got the computer hooked up down there. That may happen

any day now.

This unsettled weather we are having seems to have almost stopped hawk

migration. It would be fascinating to understand the mechanisms involved. Are

upper winds adverse? Local Vultures are finding thermals, swallows are still

migrating. There are always more questions than answers.

    9/1

5 Mississippi Kites

1 Kestrel

    9/2

1 Swallow-tailed Kite

1 White-tailed Kite

9 Mississippi Kites

1 Cooper's Hawk

2 Broad-winged hawks

1 Swainson's Hawk

7 Kestrels

    9/3

1 Swallow-tailed Kite

3 Mississippi Kites

1 Cooper's Hawk

3 Kestrels

    9/4

I met Dick Benoit at the tower at sunrise and it was gorgeous. The first two

hours we had good numbers of swallows mostly Cliff. We were working at on the

wing id's,  a challenge;  What can you see on the back? What can you see on

the side? Do they flap differently?

Our hummingbird feeder was busy with hummingbird wars.

Frigatebirds were up early. 4 males together close.

Clouds were gorgeous.

10 am 1 Broad-wing but I don't think he was going anywhere

1045 it  started raining so we headed for the cars.

1130 it stopped raining and we went back up the tower. Dick looked at me and

suggested we might want to go back down as my hair was standing up.  There

were thunderstorms all around.

I went and had lunch at the VFD

The total hawks for the day was

1 Broadwing who wasn't going anywhere.

We have had vultures but they aren't going anywhere either.

Winnie