Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 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 4 80 89
Bald Eagle 2 38 46
Northern Harrier 1 5 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 15 85 87
Cooper's Hawk 7 18 19
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 7313 10943 10946
Red-tailed Hawk 1 30 41
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 23 23
Merlin 0 4 5
Peregrine Falcon 1 4 6
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 5 5
Total: 7344 11237 11276
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Observation start time: 07:45:00
Observation end time: 17:30:00
Total observation time: 9.75 hours
Official Counter: Barry Kinzie
Observers: Allen & Robin Austin, Andy Biggs, Baron Gibson, Bill James,
Dillard Childress, John & Eunice Hudgins, John Slaughter,
Katie James, Quinns, Teresa Kinzie, Tina Gibson,
phillip ferguson
Visitors:
Multiple & once again people having to park in the grass. King & Joann
Irvan, (thanks for helping spot), Mary Agee & a group from her church.
Many, Many more came & saw the amazing site of broad wings.
Special thanks to Joyce Holt for offering bottled water while I was
counting, Katie James & Joyce for offering to get me some food & taking
over for a few minutes while I swallowed my biscuit whole & to Joann for
bringing my water bottle to me, not once but twice. Thanks to all who
helped us find all the hawks we had today.
Weather:
Sunny with bright blue skies with some clouds showing up very late in watch
area. Winds light out of the NW to start & then changing to more of an ESE
wind for the rest of watch
Raptor Observations:
MAGICAL, PHENOMENAL, a big FAT WOW. Hmmm, where do I start? I will keep it
short. The broadies came in & over mostly on the east side today. kettling
& streaming groups kept coming through today from 09:00 (this would be hawk
time) until 13:00 hrs. Then things really got slow. It was amazing to say
the least.
08:00-09:00(117) 09:00-10:00(791) 10:00-11:00(2753) 11:00-12:00(2510)
12:00-13:00(1111) 13:00-14:00(4)
14:00-15:00(4) 15:00-16:00(6) 16:00-17:00(6)
17:00-18:00(9)
AEBE @ 13:45 & an IMM BE @ 13:50
PG @ 15:30
Non-raptor Observations:
A little over 600 Monarchs counted with probably 3 times as much not
counted because eveytime I put hte binocs up to scan, I would have to
discern wether it was a Monarch or a hawk.
Predictions:
Sunny with partly cloudy skies & mid 80's
Tad will need a few tissues to wipe the tears away after reading this
post!!!!
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Report submitted by Baron Gibson (Hawkwatcher@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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