Candler Mountain
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2004
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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 11 11
Bald Eagle 0 5 5
Northern Harrier 1 3 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 23 23
Cooper's Hawk 0 2 2
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 71 6128 6128
Red-tailed Hawk 1 2 2
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 6 11 11
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown 0 5 5
Total: 85 6190 6190
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Observation start time: 09:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Gene Sattler, Robert Ferrell
Observers: Robert Ferrell
Weather:
Starting clear, building to 90% clouds by mid day, then gradual derease to
40% at count's end. Wind E 5-8 mph with a high of 80.5 F.
Observations:
Only a few BW kettles of 11 & 16 in 12:00 hour EDT and 11 & 8 during 4:00
hour. Rest of BW in groups of 4 or less. Haze was at a maximum for the
week with visibility at about 8 mi, so birds off the ridge we normally
might detect would have been more difficult to spot today. But from the
birds seen it did not seem that yesterday's good flight was continuing to
pass our lookout today.
Blue Jay 189, R.H. Woodpecker 2, Monarch 5, Non Monarch 3, Green Darner 9,
Saddlebag 1.
Predictions:
This will be the last day of our short count this season.
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Report submitted by Gene Sattler (edsattle@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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