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Mt. Pisgah, NC Hawkwatch -- 9/08/2000



	WELCOME TO THE MOUNT PISGAH, NC HAWK WATCH REPORT -- FALL 2000
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Today's Date: 8 September 2000
Hours of coverage today: 2-5 EST  (3 hours)

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Species		   Today's count	Year-to-date Total
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Black Vulture ----------			0
Turkey Vulture ---------	    		0
Osprey -----------------1			2
Bald Eagle -------------			1
Northern Harrier -------			0
Sharp-shinned H. -------			1
Cooper's H. ------------			1
Red-shouldered H. ------			0
Broad-winged H. --------1		       11
Red-tailed H. ----------			0
American Kestrel -------3			8
Merlin -----------------			0
Peregrine Falcon -------			0
unidentified raptors ---			0
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	Note that only birds showing definite migratory movements are counted. 
Many local raptors and vultures observed at the site are not mentioned
in this report.
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Today's counts were made by: Ray Sharpton and Greg Townsend

	Today's weather was overcast in the morning, becoming partly cloudy
after noon.  Wind light N-NW.

	The outlook for tomorrow is good.  The weather should continue
favorable through the weekend and the first wave of migrants is passing
through now. 

	The watch site will be covered 9/09 from 12pm until 6pm and 9/10 from
9am until 6pm.

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Reported By:
	Bill Sanderson, Site Compiler
	Asheville, NC
	nctigers@bellsouth.net
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Site Description:
	The Mount Pisgah Hawk Watch, begun in 1995, is located at the Mills
River Valley overlook, mile 404.6 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.  At an
elevation of 4085 feet, it is approx. three miles north of Mount Pisgah,
and approx. 11 miles south of the city of Asheville, NC.  The watch site
is staffed by volunteer counters on an irregular basis throughout the
fall migration season; most often on weekday afternoons and weekends,
weather permitting.  The site is handicapped friendly, and
gas/food/lodging are available at the Pisgah Inn complex, approx. three
miles south on the Parkway.  Visitors are always welcomed, and new
volunteer watchers are always needed.  Contact Bill Sanderson
(nctigers@bellsouth.net) for more information.  
	
	The Mount Pisgah Hawk Watch is an unfunded volunteer effort.  
All data obtained are submitted to the hawk Migration Association of
North America.  Other fall hawk watch sites in this region include the
Caesar's Head State Park Hawk Watch in upstate South Carolina, the
Mahogany Rock Hawk Watch on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Sparta, NC and
the Pilot Mountain State Park Hawk Watch in Surry County, NC.
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I am the Eagle, I live in high country,
	In rocky cathedrals that reach to the sky.
I am the Hawk, and there's blood on my feathers
	But time is still turning, they soon will be dry.
All those who see me, and all who believe in me, 
	Share in the freedom I feel when I fly!
				John Denver
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