Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 04, 2007
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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 0 188
Bald Eagle 0 0 68
Northern Harrier 0 3 48
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 24 781
Cooper's Hawk 1 6 136
Northern Goshawk 0 1 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 6 25
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 9633
Red-tailed Hawk 40 141 557
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 7
American Kestrel 0 0 101
Merlin 0 1 21
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 23
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 2
Unknown Buteo 0 0 10
Unknown Falcon 0 0 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 20
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 51 185 11625
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Baron Gibson, Dillard Childress
Observers: Bill Adams, Dillard Childress, Gene Eastwood, Tad Finnell
Visitors:
Lots of Parkway goers but not many got out.
No sign of our favorite Ranger today, although she did stop briefly
yesterday.
Weather:
Cloudy to partly cloudy all day. Temps from 44-51f. Winds W-NW at 1-2 all
day.
Raptor Observations:
Great looks at an RS. Has to be the reddest breast and shoulders of an RS
that I have ever seen. Dillard spotted it out over the valley above horizon
& it came into the watch & then went low so we also got to see the upper
side which was also magnificent looking.
Non-raptor Observations:
Lots of Junco's.
NOTE:::: I forgot to mention that last Sunday we had a Snow bunting make
an appearence at the watch.
Predictions:
NONE::::::
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Report submitted by Baron Gibson (Hawkwatcher@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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