Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2008
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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 30 39
Bald Eagle 1 13 20
Northern Harrier 0 8 9
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 16 40
Cooper's Hawk 0 6 11
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 3 3
Broad-winged Hawk 29 84 91
Red-tailed Hawk 0 14 28
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 1 8 12
Merlin 0 4 4
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 2 2
Total: 40 189 260
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 17:30:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Baron Gibson
Observers: Bill Adams, Bill James, Cory Goff, Dillard Childress,
Tina Gibson, steve goff
Visitors:
Lots and too many to name each one but thanks to all who helped spot the
few Hawks we saw.
Weather:
Nice, Partly cloudy, Partly sunny, light NW wind, hot, muggy, buggy, mostly
cloudy, hot & humid, clearing late with nice Easterly winds
Raptor Observations:
Hawks seen all over, out, high, low, East, West, although not many but the
best this year. After 2.5 hrs. of no hawks in the afternoon. We saw 7 in
the last 2 hours.
Adult Bald 13:35
Non-raptor Observations:
Pileated seen flying low over the NW valley.
Red Headed Wood Pecker flying higher over the NW valley.
Predictions:
Triple digits!!!!
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Report submitted by Baron Gibson (Hawkwatcher@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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