Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 24, 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 1 5 5
Bald Eagle 0 5 5
Northern Harrier 0 1 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 18 18
Cooper's Hawk 0 4 4
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1 9 9
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 0 0 0
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: 2 43 43
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Observation start time: 09:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Bill James
Observers: Bill Adams, Dillard Childress, Katie James, Patti Goff,
steve goff
Visitors:
Lot of motorcycles and cars from Missouri showed us. Phillip and BigFoot
came by briefly (no relation to SA).
Weather:
Mid-level clouds moved from the SE and SW. Winds were variable on the knob
with lots of cumulus waning throughout the day.
Raptor Observations:
Reports were of BW just to the North yesterday, but they went another way
or are still there. The Osprey went up into the clouds.
Non-raptor Observations:
Old friends
Sat on Harvey's
Like bookends....
27 Monarchs
Predictions:
I predict the unpredictable.
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Report submitted by Bill James (bijam@xxxxxxx)
Harvey's Knob Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://bijame.googlepages.com/home
