Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2009
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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 5 13 187
Bald Eagle 2 16 71
Northern Harrier 0 0 12
Sharp-shinned Hawk 37 225 432
Cooper's Hawk 16 48 76
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 5
Broad-winged Hawk 0 50 8160
Red-tailed Hawk 3 22 81
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 4 28 61
Merlin 0 4 10
Peregrine Falcon 0 4 16
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 3
Unknown Buteo 0 1 3
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 1 1
Unknown Raptor 0 0 1
Total: 67 414 9119
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 16:45:00
Total observation time: 7.75 hours
Official Counter: Baron Gibson, Bill James
Observers: Chip Dondrea, David Kirk, Mike Purdy
Visitors:
Tom & Pat Johnson
Multiple Parkway goers stopped in as usual.
Nice to have Chip back on the mountain.
Weather:
NW winds at 2-3 all day. Lots of clouds and cool tepmperatures all watch.
Raptor Observations:
Hawks flew over and on the NW side today. Some hawks became so high that
they were just pepper specks. As I was about to leave a Sharpie flew past
so I stayed a little longer counting two more Sharpies and then watching
three local RT's interacting for around five minutes.
13:40 2nd yr BE
13:55 4th yr BE
Non-raptor Observations:
Leaves are changing and fallin off da tree's. Old man winter will be here
soon.
Predictions:
Low clouds and wet.
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Report submitted by Baron Gibson (Hawkwatcher@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Harvey's Knob Hawk Watch information may be found at:
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