Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 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 0 25 157
Bald Eagle 1 25 92
Northern Harrier 0 13 26
Sharp-shinned Hawk 26 564 752
Cooper's Hawk 2 61 100
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 12 12
Broad-winged Hawk 0 67 10225
Red-tailed Hawk 14 103 125
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 39 68
Merlin 0 12 20
Peregrine Falcon 0 16 29
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1
Unknown Buteo 0 0 3
Unknown Falcon 0 1 4
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 4 8
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Total: 43 943 11623
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: David Kirk
Observers: Carl Christensen, Liz Williams
Visitors:
Members of the Highland County Bird Club; Keith Carson, Polly Nowlin, Norm
Bell,and Sara Bell as well as members of the Allegheny Master Naturalist
Chapter from Douthat State Park; Roger and Cynthia Baroody, Covington VA.,
John Stanley, Clifton Forge VA., Keith Carson, Blue Grass Valley, Highland
County and David Kirk. Always faithful eagle eyed Dave Brunstetter and new
comer Ann Kehoe from Lexington, VA. We also had with us full time RVers
Jerry and Madelin Stephenson. They were concluding a summer as VA. Parks
and Recreation volunteers at Lake Moomaw. The Stephensons were trained
Hawk Observers who had spent many hours at Sana Anna National Wildlife
Refuge in Pharr Texas. They enlighten us on how you count 10 of thousands
of Broadwings. Facinating method but one that made perfect sense; the
skyline is divided into quadrants and assigned persons to count in those
particular areas of the sky, hight, middle and low ... tallying results
perodically.
Weather:
Clear sunny day with light winds from the NW but by conclusion of watch
from the SE. Temperatures from 9.1c > 16.7c. Humidity dropping all day
from 71% to 49% at days end. No cloud cover, no precipitation and visibilty
at 5. Wonderful fall day.
Raptor Observations:
Third year BE at 9:45.
Non-raptor Observations:
A blob of Cormorants at 15:47 way out and way up. Must have been over a
hundred.
Predictions:
Partly cloudy with a high of 76F. 10% chance of rain with winds from the
WSW at 11mph.
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Report submitted by David Kirk (dakirk42@xxxxxxx)
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