Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2012
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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 0 118
Bald Eagle 0 0 66
Northern Harrier 0 0 9
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 5 408
Cooper's Hawk 3 3 68
Northern Goshawk 0 0 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 7
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 13087
Red-tailed Hawk 16 20 95
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 1 1
American Kestrel 0 0 75
Merlin 0 0 11
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 26
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 7
Unknown Buteo 0 0 10
Unknown Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 9
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 23 31 14000
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Bill James
Observers: Carl Christensen
Visitors:
Not so many people on the parkway today. I only got to take one photo.
Weather:
3 wind initially diminishing throughout the day to 1 whereas the
temperature rose until the last hour from 2 to 10c. Winds were primarily
from the Northwest and West Northwest throughout with a lot of variability
in the cloud cover from 5 to 60% in no particular pattern. Visibility was
a steady 4.
Raptor Observations:
Adult GE at 9:46 over the top. RTs were up and out and we had some
interesting interaction between a RT and a CH. No one was hurt.
Non-raptor Observations:
Thank goodness for Carl!
Predictions:
A more variable wind, cool, like Dillard.
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Report submitted by Katie James (kat6858@xxxxxxx)
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