2008-03-04_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - M2004009

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5:25 Red-tailed hawk left the tree next to Shell's property. 5:55 END OBSERVATIONS. No other raptors observed. 2/5/07 5:35 PM Arrived at site and parked in driveway facing east. Sunset scheduled for 5:24. Was delayed by heavy rush hour traffic. Temperature in the low 40's. Sky is clear. No wind. Ground is snow covered. No raptors in trees on site and in large tree next to Shell's. Ared-tailed hawk glided and flew in front of me just as I finished parking. It was traveling southeast. 6:02 END OBSERVATIONS. No other raptors observed. 2/11/07 5:24 PM Arrive at site. Sunset at 5:31. Gate is open. Parked in driveway facing north. Temperature in the 40's. Little or no wind. Sky has scattered clouds. Ground is mostly snow covered. No raptors in trees on or near site when I arrived. 5:38 There is a raptor in a tree about 0.25 mi north of large tree next to Shell's property. It has its back to me and I could not identify it. 5:48 Raptor left the tree north of Shell's. 5:51 There is a great-horned owl in the large tree next to Shell's property. 6:08 END OBSERVATIONS. The owl is still in the tree next to Shell's property. No other raptors observed. During the field session I observed the trees on and near the site with binoculars and spotting scope on a periodic basis. Each tree was observed at least twice every 5 minutes. 2/19/07 5:27 PM Arrive ~at site. Sunset is at 5:41. The gate was open when I arrived. Parked in driveway facing north. Some workers left shortly after I arrived. One told me that they are now working until 5:30. Temperature is in the 40's. Sky is partly cloudy. There is still some snow on the ground, but there are also large areas with no snow. No raptors were seen in the trees on site or nearby when I amved. 5:40 There is ared-tailed hawk in a large tree about 0.25 mi north of the large tree next to Shell's property. There were also some songbirds in the tree. 5:47 Last employee left and locked the gate. I turned the truck to face east. The red-tail is now gone from the tree north of Shell's. 5:50 There is a raccoon in the large tree next to Shell's. 5:55 Raccoon is down from the tree. 5:57 There is a raptor in the western of the two large trees north of the gate. Its back was to me so I could not identify it. 6:00 Raptor moved to the eastern of the two large trees north of the gate. 6:01 Raptor left while I was making the above note. 6:17 END OBSERVATIONS. No additional raptors seen.