Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 15, 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 0 62 71
Bald Eagle 3 31 39
Northern Harrier 0 2 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 35 37
Cooper's Hawk 0 5 6
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 187 346 349
Red-tailed Hawk 0 27 38
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 3 18 18
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 2 5 5
Total: 201 537 576
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 18:00:00
Total observation time: 9.5 hours
Official Counter: Barry Kinzie, Bill Adams
Observers: Andy Biggs, Baron Gibson, Bill James, David Kirk,
Teresa Kinzie, Tina Gibson
Visitors:
Hollins University & VA Western groups at watch today. Nice to have those
young eyes helping out. Both had interested groups. Nice to see fresh young
faces at the watch.
Weather:
Clear skies early then partly cloudy skies later in watch. VERY warm temps.
Raptor Observations:
Hawks were seen early in watch on east side of mountain with 65 hawks
counted in the first 3 hours. the next 3 hours brought only 13 hawks. Then
the skies picked up a little the last 3 hrs of watch with 130 hawks. During
the last 2 hours of watch, the Broadies were streaming in low, middle &
high and around 17:30 hours we were amazed to watch a couple of dozen
Broadies set down for the night on or very near the Knob.
3 AEBE observed @ 12:54, 14:35 & 14:36
! Merlin @ 17:15
Last hawk of the day was an OS that was still really high & out
Non-raptor Observations:
115 Monarchs
1 Nashville Warbler
1 Philidelphia Vireo
Hundreds if not thousands of dragon flies moving through.
Predictions:
Sunny with clouds later in watch. SW winds predicted (hope the weather man
is WAY wrong about this) and hopefully we get to see a lift off from the
ones that sat down. Blue Sky Joyce's day tomorrow.
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Report submitted by Baron Gibson (Hawkwatcher@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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