Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 19, 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 2 16 119
Bald Eagle 1 8 66
Northern Harrier 0 3 23
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 188 303
Cooper's Hawk 2 25 57
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 4 11
Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 6252
Red-tailed Hawk 3 39 79
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 0 18 47
Merlin 0 3 10
Peregrine Falcon 0 4 10
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 6
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 5 10
Total: 15 320 6995
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Observation start time: 08:45:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 5.5 hours
Official Counter: Baron Gibson
Observers: Chip Dondrea, Jim Hylton, phillip ferguson
Visitors:
11 through hikers which several took water and some food.
LOTS of leaf peepers.
Mike Kelley with Tater the pretty dog.
Hal Devening.
Weather:
Cool temps with winds out of the W to NW at a 1-2 and clear blue skies
Raptor Observations:
Not much in the Hawk catagorie.
All Hawks seen were on the West side and way out. Only had 1 Sharpie
during the last hour of watch that was close.
A very impressive TV movement all day. Had a kettle of 98 come up at
Nichols Knob just after 12p DST and streamed South. Smaller groups
throughout the day, probably had between 4-5 hundred that seemed to be
migrating. Could have had a really good count today if we counted them, but
we do not.
BE IMM at 13:52EST
RS 2 IMM
RS 1 Mature
Non-raptor Observations:
Several small flocks of 20-30 Wax wings moving through.
Predictions:
Sad to say, but just like today
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Report submitted by Baron Gibson (Hawkwatcher@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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