Snickers Gap 18-19 Sep Broadwings
BlkVulture@aol.com
Sat, 19 Sep 1998 20:26:11 EDT
The following is a delayed report, combining observations on the 18th and 19th
of September.
18 Sep 98: winds easterly, 5-10mph.
OS.......22
BE.......1
NH.......6
SS.......29
RS.......1
BW......19,004
RT.......4
AK.......5
ML.......1
UR.......9
Unlike many other northeastern hawk watch sites, Snickers Gap has its biggest
days with east winds. All except 102 birds were seen after 2:30pm hawktime
(EST). The biggest hour was 15:00-16:00 EST with over 10,000 birds. I still
do not have all the details regarding conditions or hourly distribution. I
apologize to the sites further south for not getting word out sooner.
19 Sep 98
OS.......16
NH........7
SS........57
CH........3
RS........1
BW.......2136
AK........2
PG........2
UR........5
The wind was east again, blowing about 5-10mph. The early morning found a low
ceiling, with about 1 km visibility. However, birds were moving. The first
few hours had a couple hundred broad-wings or so, per. The clouds began to
lift around late morning. The peak hour was 511, that was 2-3 EST. The
osprey totals from both days were decent numbers for us. The sharpie number
from today is a good September number as well.
Year to date totals:
Prev. Annual
1998: 1997: Record:
OS 80 (185) 250 (1995)
BE 18 (64) 73 (1996)
NH 46 (120) 267 (1994)
SS 252 (1622) 2645 (1995)
CH 39 (316) 521 (1995)
NG 0 (31) 42 (1993)
RS 15 (147) 287 (1995)
BW 23363 (3747) 12622 (1995)
SW 1 (none) 1 (??)
RT 43 (1442) 2302 (1995)
RL 0 (3) 4 (1992)
GE 0 (14) 29 (1995)
AK 63 (100) 204 (1995)
ML 8 (25) 39 (1995)
PG 5 (35) 35 (1997)
UA 8
UB 8
UE 0
UF 2
UR 28
Tot: 23,979 (7990) 19413 (1995)
I will post a weekly report on Sunday, 20 Sep 98. Unless something unforseen
happens, like this cold I nursing becomes much worse and I do not get out of
bed.
Todd Day
Jeffersonton, VA