Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2013
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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 67 79
Bald Eagle 2 56 69
Northern Harrier 0 5 10
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 40 41
Cooper's Hawk 0 13 14
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 3 4
Broad-winged Hawk 8430 13551 13576
Red-tailed Hawk 0 37 42
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 1 9 12
Merlin 0 2 2
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 3
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 3 3
Unknown Falcon 0 2 2
Unknown Eagle 0 1 1
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 8449 13792 13859
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Observation start time: 07:45:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 9.25 hours
Official Counter: Baron Gibson
Observers: Bill & Katie James, Dave Brunstetter, Dillard Childress,
Tina Gibson
Visitors:
Wayne Grimm (friend & fellow dog scootering partner) Roger & Cynthia
Baroody, Wade Hildreth from Sophie NC, Matt Hosmer, Janet Hickey, Katherine
Walker, Ed Kinser with wife & cousin, Mike Crowder, Andy Biggs, Kathey
Brett, Brent Watts from Channel 7 news & many others including Renee
Goddard & her Ecology class from Hollins university, Toni Peppin & her
Ecology class from VA Western Comm College. Great to see those two lady's
again.
Weather:
Low heavily overcast for the first part of the day turning to partly cloudy
with easterly winds & temps in the low to mid 60's F all watch.
Raptor Observations:
PHENOMENAL, WOW, once in a lifetime maybe, is how I would describe today's
daily record setting count at the watch. With the late flight last night,
Tina & myself decided to get to the watch an hour early in hopes of seeing
lift off & lift off we saw. Dave Brunstetter was there when we arrived &
had already counted 27 BW's. Hawks were observed low in the valley on the
west side getting up and streaming out. After an hour of counting (721
counted) the skies cleared just enough for us to see a huge flight come
right over the watch sometimes 10-15 wide streaming & kettling, Kettling &
streaming with 5,527 BW's counted.
BW's by hr (7:45-8) 27 (8-9) 721 (9-10) 5,527 (10-11) 268 (11-12) 996
(12-1) 583 (1-2) 62 (2-3) 237 (3-4) 2 (4-5) 7
2 Bald Eagles, Imm @ 12:38, AEBE @ 15:48
Special thanks to Dave Brunstetter for helping me count the multitudes
Non-raptor Observations:
A few Hummingbirds with no more then 5 Monarch's & no dragon fly's
Predictions:
Mostly cloudy, light SE winds & hopefully hawks.
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Report submitted by Baron Gibson (Hawkwatche215@xxxxxxxxx)
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