Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 20, 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 1 1
Bald Eagle 2 4 4
Northern Harrier 0 1 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1 1
Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 1 4 4
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 1 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 5 12 12
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Observation start time: 10:45:00
Observation end time: 17:15:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Dillard Childress
Observers: Baron Gibson, Cory Goff, Norris Ford, steve goff
Visitors:
Ron from Martinsville (sorry Ron but you prediction came true)
Weather:
Warm temps, partly cloudy all watch, winds westerly until 2pm when it
changed to easterly.
Raptor Observations:
Local RT's milling around most of watch, pair of CH messin with each other
for awhile, fair amount of vulture activity. NH came up north of the knob
then quickly went back north not to be seen again.
No hawks until the 3pm hour with 2 adult BE @ 3:10 & 3:25
followed by a ML, lone BW & last hawk @ 5pm was an OS low over the east
side.
Non-raptor Observations:
My first day at the watch & enjoyed it. The 2 BE's late made the whole slow
day worth it. I love this time of year.
Predictions:
SW winds with possible showers
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Report submitted by Baron Gibson (Hawkwatche215@xxxxxxxxx)
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