HSR: Ashland Nature Center (07 Nov 2009) 100 Raptors

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Ashland Nature Center
Hockessin, Delaware, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 07, 2009
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture               12            153            485
Turkey Vulture              32            273            603
Osprey                       0              4            223
Bald Eagle                   1             12            216
Northern Harrier             0              5             69
Sharp-shinned Hawk           9            145           1324
Cooper's Hawk                1             36            409
Northern Goshawk             0              3              3
Red-shouldered Hawk          7             87            173
Broad-winged Hawk            0              0           7403
Red-tailed Hawk             38            355            618
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              1              7
American Kestrel             0              4            422
Merlin                       0              8             53
Peregrine Falcon             0              0             21
Unknown Accipiter            0              2             28
Unknown Buteo                0              7             22
Unknown Falcon               0              0              4
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              2             20
Swallow-tailed Kite          0              0              1

Total:                     100           1097          12104
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end   time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours

Official Counter:        Cyrus Moqtaderi

Observers:        Greg Inskip

Visitors:
Lots of great first time visitors today, hiking and pausing to check out
the watch. Rich Cross returned, bringing his wife Christiane for her first
visit. Greg Inskip stayed up top, vigilantly keeping watch for most of the
day. Good to have the spotting scope backup for sure! Hal and Kristen
stopped in late day looking for hawks and elusive Golden Eagles (maybe next
time!). 19 total.


Weather:
Clear, cool, lots of sun with winds from the S/SW.

Raptor Observations:
Good movements of buteo again and a steady vulture passage. Birds were high
today. One adult Bald Eagle came through midday, but not much diversity
otherwise. Most birds were in the morning - noon period today.

Non-raptor Observations:
Dark-eyed Junco on every branch this morning on the hill.

Predictions:
WNW winds and clear warm skies. I imagine it'll be pretty good!
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Report submitted by Cyrus Moqtaderi (hawkwatch@...)
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