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Subject: HSR: Bullhead Mountain (20 Mar 2010) 31 Raptors
From: reports(AT)hawkcount.org
Date: 20 Mar 2010 7:43pm

Bullhead Mountain
Sparta, North Carolina, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 20, 2010
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0              2              2
Turkey Vulture              28            152            152
Osprey                       0              0              0
Bald Eagle                   0              0              0
Northern Harrier             0              0              0
Sharp-shinned Hawk           0              1              1
Cooper's Hawk                1              1              1
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              1              1
Broad-winged Hawk            0              0              0
Red-tailed Hawk              2              5              5
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              0
American Kestrel             0              1              1
Merlin                       0              0              0
Peregrine Falcon             0              0              0
Unknown Accipiter            0              0              0
Unknown Buteo                0              0              0
Unknown Falcon               0              0              0
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              1              1

Total:                      31            164            164
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Observation start time: 08:30:00 
Observation end   time: 14:15:00 
Total observation time: 5.75 hours

Official Counter:        James Douglas Keighton

Observers:        

Visitors:
5 hikers stoppped to chat about the hawk migration.

Weather:
Light southeast wind developing into a 15 mph southsoutheast wind under
near totally clear sky and temperature climbing to about 70 degrees F.

Raptor Observations:
Mostly Turkey Vultures traveling north today in small groups and most in
the 9-10 hour.

Non-raptor Observations:
A Great Blue Heron, a flock of 8 American Robins, and 31 Double-Crested
Cormorants made the journey north past Bullhead this morning.
Other birds hanging around on the ridgetop included the usual, ravens,
crows, white-breasted nuthatches, eastern bluebird, and downy woodpecker
along with the addition of a red-bellied woodpecker.

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Report submitted by James Douglas Keighton (brbirders(AT)skybest.com)

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