Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 11, 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 6 38 47
Bald Eagle 0 14 22
Northern Harrier 0 2 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 18 20
Cooper's Hawk 0 3 4
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 7 60 63
Red-tailed Hawk 1 21 32
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 8 8
Merlin 0 1 2
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 4
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 14 169 208
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 14:15:00
Total observation time: 5.25 hours
Official Counter: Baron Gibson
Observers: Bill James, John Slaughter
Visitors:
Carl Christianson from Forest VA and family members stopped in for a few
hours.
Weather:
100% cloud cover, east winds @ a 2 most of watch and cool temps
Raptor Observations:
Expecting not to see any hawks, as soon as I pulled into the watch an OS
flew just overhead, this was just one of six OS counted.
Non-raptor Observations:
Several hundred Grackles flew over the watch heading north,,,,not sure what
that was all about???
Predictions:
Cloudy early giving way to clearer skies later in watch. Hawks moving ????
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Report submitted by Baron Gibson (Hawkwatcher@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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