This was not a good raptor-migration day up there, even with a NW breeze and
low clouds. I was on the Tower side. There were 2 large groups of birds
that did the same thing. First was a flock of 28 D.-C. CORMORANTS; the
next was a flock of 75 BRANT. Both appeared, coming from the north, just t
Reviewing records for my yard I realized that in early years I'd been lax about including dates, that this year I'd made far too little effort there, and that there were some good candidates missing altogether. So late yesterday morning I spent some quality time in my yard. Not only did I add RUBY-
