Candler Mountain
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 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 2 38 38
Bald Eagle 1 10 10
Northern Harrier 0 2 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 27 27
Cooper's Hawk 0 3 3
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 950 5669 5669
Red-tailed Hawk 3 7 7
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 10 10
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown 0 4 4
Total: 958 5771 5771
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Observation start time: 09:15:00
Observation end time: 17:15:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Andrew Kniowski, Gene Sattler
Observers: Andrew Kniowski, Grace Burns
Weather:
5% clouds and SSE 3-8 mph, with a high of 79 degrees.
Raptor Observations:
Yesterday afternoon's end of the day flight continued from 10:30-11:30 EDT
with a great show of relatively low kettles and streams of Broadwings
passing overhead or close to the ridge, something we get to enjoy
relatively rarely. Several kettles of 75 up to 225 birds gave us over
nine hundred birds, then there was a quick tapering of the flight over the
next hour, followed by an afternoon pretty empty of birds, as least as far
as we could detect.
Non-raptor Observations:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
Scarlet Tanager - 1
Blue Jay - 8
Darner - 4
Saddlebag - 16
Monarch - 120
Yesterday's visit of stink bugs continued as they used us as convenient
perches.
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Report submitted by Gene Sattler (edsattle@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Site Description:
Candler Mountain is located on the southeast edge of Lynchburg, VA, in
Virginia's Inner Piedmont. It is 45 miles SSE of Rockfish Gap and 32 miles
E of Harvey's Knob. The primary site is a bare knob known locally as the
"Bald Spot". It is part of a minor ridge that parallels the Blue Ridge
Parkway, which is 16 miles to the NW. The bare knob offers a 360 degree
view from an elevation of 1336 feet. The Candler Mountain count is in its
eighth year, and is sponsored by the Liberty University Department of
Biology and the Lynchburg Bird Club. The count is currently conducted only
from early September to the end of the month because of a shortage of
counters.
For directions to the lookout visit "virtual birder.com" and take a hawk
migration link, then take the "Find a Watch" link, or contact me.
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