Candler Mountain
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 15, 2005
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 3 5 5
Bald Eagle 0 0 0
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 1
Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 27 40 40
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 3 4 4
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown 0 0 0
Total: 34 50 50
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Gene Sattler
Observers: John Williamson
Visitors:
John Williamson from Harvey's Knob helped out the whole day.
Weather:
Cloud cover of 5% quickly increasing to 60-85% most of the day, ending with
90%. Temp 77-91 F and winds mostly NE-N 5-10 mph.
Raptor Observations:
Another slow day, with one group of a dozen BW. Nice clouds helped with
locating the birds. A few BW seen catching dragonflies (presumably) in
flight.
Non-raptor Observations:
Monarch Butterfly - 9
Dragonfly - 60
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Report submitted by Gene Sattler (edsattle@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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