Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 2011
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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 1 158
Bald Eagle 0 3 96
Northern Harrier 0 1 32
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 14 814
Cooper's Hawk 0 4 113
Northern Goshawk 0 0 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 4 19
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 10226
Red-tailed Hawk 5 143 320
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 1 1 69
Merlin 0 0 20
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 29
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1
Unknown Buteo 0 1 4
Unknown Falcon 0 0 4
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 8
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 6 173 11918
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Observation start time: 10:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: David Kirk
Observers: Carl Christensen, Liz Williams
Visitors:
none
Weather:
Winds light and variable with high cirrus clouds after 12:00 p.m.
Temperatures from 10.2c > 17.9. Visibility 4 for the entire watch.
Barometric pressure dropping all day. Haze in both West and East valley.
Raptor Observations:
Local RTs and SS showing with Ravens and TVs for most of the watch. Raptors
where high up, way out and difficult to follow given mountain haze.
Non-raptor Observations:
Small bird observations: Half a dozen Pine Siskins, a very nice single
female Rusty Blackbird, and Yellow bellied Sapsucker. Lots of Dark Eyed
Juncos and Black Capped Chickadees. One Monarch, several Buckeyes and one
Green Darner.
Predictions:
Slight chance of rain
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Report submitted by David Kirk (dakirk42@xxxxxxx)
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