Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 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 3 62 71
Bald Eagle 3 28 36
Northern Harrier 0 2 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 29 31
Cooper's Hawk 1 5 6
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 37 159 162
Red-tailed Hawk 2 27 38
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 3 15 15
Merlin 0 2 3
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 3 3
Total: 50 336 375
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Bill James
Observers: Baron Gibson, David Kirk
Visitors:
Several families and passers-by passed by. Sue Coleman was a big help.
Weather:
Lots of well directed wind, warm temperatures, clouds in the PM.
Raptor Observations:
Certainly looked like we should have had more than we did, but the Eagles
were nice:
All adults: 10:41, 11:43, and 1:36.
BWs were late mostly.
Non-raptor Observations:
Hollins University visited and the count improved. Despite the trends I
hear about, Hollins students are getting smarter - especially with visual
processing. Their very competent teacher asked about someone named Tad.
They brought a nice Eagle and then one going NE. Baron makes a good
assistant teach.
Predictions:
All those Rockfish BE's will not get past BK!
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Report submitted by Bill James (bijam@xxxxxxx)
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