Weather: Winds West from 10-20 MPH (gusts >25); High 7C, mostly sunny skies. Well, I’ve made it to the shack the last two days. Conditions are definitely different from there (WINDY!). The challenges of the wind are starting to become apparent, and I have no doubt I’ll see much stronger winds! Thankfully it isn’t bitter [...]
Archive for March, 2010
King of the Mountain!
Posted in Brockway Mountain, Copper Country Audubon, Keweenaw Raptor Survey, Laughing Whitefish Audubon Society, Michigan Audubon, raptor migration, spring migration, Uncategorized on March 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On watch
Posted in Uncategorized on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Not your typical mid-March count weather, but he’ll take it!
Golden Eagle
Posted in Brockway Mountain, Keweenaw Raptor Survey, raptor migration, spring migration, Uncategorized on March 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Weather: It was sunny and clear all day with a high around 10C. Winds were primarily out of the NNW, up to 5 mph. Counted from the same place as yesterday. The road is getting better since there has been some traffic, but you still need four wheel drive. On the way up there was [...]
Distant Eagles
Posted in Brockway Mountain, Keweenaw Raptor Survey, raptor migration, spring migration on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today was the first day of the count. Joe Youngman showed up at my door 2 hours before the start of the count since we had no idea what the road up was going to be like. After some deliberation and messing with a 4 wheeler, we decided to snowmobile up the east (Copper Harbor) [...]
Count Starts Today!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Well, it’s been a long 10 months of planning, but today is the first day of the Brockway Mountain Count! I would like to thank everyone for all the hard work they put it making this project a realilty. Of course due to the logistics of Brockway, we are not out the nail-biting phase yet [...]
Pre-count run: 9 March
Posted in Uncategorized on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Joe Youngman and Max Henschell were at Brockway today to finish up preparations for the start of the count season (to begin this Monday 3/15!). While only there for two hours, they tallied in: Bald Eagle- 5 Northern Goshawk- 1 Golden Eagle- 2 A very exciting start for the season! Stay tuned, Max will be [...]
The shack is up!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
KRS committee members Joe Youngman and Greg Cleary headed up Brockway on February 28th to assemble the hawk counter’s shack on West Bluff. A note from Joe…. The Shack is in place on Brockway ready for the 15th of March. Thanks to Clyde Westcoat for the storage and permission, thanks to Greg Cleary, Zach Gayk, Ken [...]
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