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Date: 9/1/25 2:39 pm From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: [de-birds] Ashland Nature Center (01 Sep 2025) 20 Raptors
Ashland Nature Center Hockessin, Delaware, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 01, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 5 5 5 Bald Eagle 3 3 3 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 1 Cooper's Hawk 3 3 3 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 1 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 4 4 4 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 1 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 20 20 20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Joe Swertinski, Sally O’Byrne Observers: Angie Barbato, David Beattie, David Brown, Ian Teaell, Kim Steininger, Lana Glass, Richard King, Walt Blackwell Visitors: 21 Thanks to everyone who came out to visit for the first day of the season! Weather: Mostly sunny becoming mostly cloudy. Northeasterly winds that started calm but became breezy in the midday before calming again. Comfortable temperatures. Raptor Observations: A nice variety of raptors to start the season. Ospreys were the most numerous migrant with five. The highlight was a juvenile Peregrine Falcon. Four kestrels. Small numbers of Bald Eagles, Accips, red-tails, and red-shoulders. Non-raptor Observations: 7 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Double-crested Cormorant, 5 Common Ravens, 3 Purple Martins, Red-breasted Nuthatch, 5 Bobolinks, Tennessee Warbler, Canada Warbler, 10 monarchs https://ebird.org/checklist/S270971904 Predictions: Tomorrow: Generally sunny with a few afternoon clouds. High 78F. Winds ENE at 5-10mph. A favorable wind, but light and very early in the season so numbers are relatively low. Wednesday: Intervals of clouds and sun. High 79F. Winds SE at 5-10mph. Thursday: Sunny with some cloudy intervals. High 82F. Winds S at 10-20mph. Unfavorable wind direction. ======================================================================== Report submitted by David Brown (<davidebrownpa...>) Ashland Nature Center information may be found at: www.delnature.org More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=663 Count data submitted via Trektellen.org - Project info at: http://trektellen.org/count/view/4030/20250901 List archives: https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=DE-BIRDS List help: <DE-BIRDS-request...>

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