Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 17, 2011
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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 1 20 152
Bald Eagle 1 18 85
Northern Harrier 0 8 21
Sharp-shinned Hawk 78 376 564
Cooper's Hawk 5 39 78
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 5
Broad-winged Hawk 1 67 10225
Red-tailed Hawk 7 54 76
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 33 62
Merlin 0 11 19
Peregrine Falcon 0 15 28
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1
Unknown Buteo 0 0 3
Unknown Falcon 1 1 4
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 4 8
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Total: 95 652 11332
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Observation start time: 09:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Joyce Holt
Observers: Katie James
Visitors:
Lots of leaf peepers. A few hikers, both through and short distance.
Larry Covington and Roy Evans helped with the counting.
Weather:
Beautiful. We could have used stronger winds but the birds cooperated just
the same.
Raptor Observations:
ABE at 13:55 est
Non-raptor Observations:
Monarchs. No dragonflies or Chimney Swifts.
Report submitted by Joyce Holt blueskyjoyce@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Report submitted by Joyce Holt (blueskyjoyce@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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