Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 17, 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 19 70 79
Bald Eagle 7 33 40
Northern Harrier 1 13 14
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 44 68
Cooper's Hawk 3 14 19
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 5
Broad-winged Hawk 3604 4420 4427
Red-tailed Hawk 2 18 32
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 0 17 21
Merlin 0 4 4
Peregrine Falcon 0 3 3
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 5 5
Total: 3646 4647 4718
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 18:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Bill Grant
Observers: Baron Gibson, Barry Kinzie, Bill James, Dillard Childress,
Katie James, Liz Williams, Mike Purdy, Norris Ford,
Roger Reynolds, Tina Gibson
Visitors:
Many. Group of 20 6-10 year old home schooled students, Hollins College
group, VA Western group, lots of parkway goers and many of the regulars
that come up during the BW season.
Thanks to everyone that came up and helped spot hawks today.
Weather:
Mostly cloudy to partly cloudy. Warm temps.
Winds out of the W NW all day except for the last 2 hours and they
switched to East (Hmmmm, that's when we got a boat load of hawks)
Raptor Observations:
Broadwings stared flying in the 10A hour with 348,
11A had 391, 12P had 604, 1P 69, 2P 47, 3P 3, 4P 1,795,
5P 343. The 4P hour hawks were seen on both sides of the mounatain at the
same time. 1,314 on the West side and 379 on the East side. The 5P hour
hawks (343)were seen on the East side and very low in the valley and
flapping a lot as they went out of sight. Once they were gone I looked down
at the clicker and saw that 343 was the number, I immediately thought of
the Firefighters that so bravely lost their lives on 9-11. Being a
Firefighter myself, it brought back a lot of memories of that sad day.
Brothers, you will never be forgotten.
Other notibles: 19 Osprey and 7 Bald Eagles
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
More BW's as there are still numbers above us and we are supposed to have
Easterly winds
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Report submitted by Baron Gibson (Hawkwatcher@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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