Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 01, 2010
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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 0 0 9
Bald Eagle 1 1 9
Northern Harrier 1 1 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 2 4
Cooper's Hawk 1 1 2
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 1 1 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 12
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 0 0 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 7 7 45
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Bill Grant
Observers: Baron Gibson
Visitors:
Richard Evans, an old musician friend of mine visted until the noontime
hour. Mike Wallace from down in the valley and Randy Doss from
Martinsville also viisted for a few hours.
A couple from Ontario, Canada stopped for about half an hour an chatted
about the hawkwatch and I gave them several brouchures about the
hawkwatch.
Again a lot of motorcycle traffic.
Four cars plus two motorcycles at various times of the day from Ontario as
well as one RV.
Cars from Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New York, and Texas.
Weather:
Nice day with temps from 21.3-27.6 C, light winds from the NW early
stopping completely from 11-1 and commencing from the E at 1:00. Clear with
haze developing in the valley which obscured the fartherest mountain range
from 10:00 on with a mainly cloudless sky until 1:00 and then only a few
clouds to the North and West. For most of the day there was also hazy
conditions up high in the sky.
Raptor Observations:
Four TV's, the three amigos (3 BV's) plus they had a friend with them this
time.
Non-raptor Observations:
Both Heckel and Jeckel our two resident Ravens made appearances once moving
North and late in the day returning to the South.
18 Monarch butterflies, lot of other butterflies to numerous to count or
keep track of species. Many more than last week with all of those species
being present and maybe a few new ones.
Predictions:
Clear, sunny, winds from the NE, light and variable should produce some
count although it might still be low.
After no birds last week on Wednesday today things began to move a little.
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Report submitted by Bill Grant (clarinetman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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