Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2009
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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 14 188
Bald Eagle 0 19 74
Northern Harrier 0 4 16
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 305 512
Cooper's Hawk 0 66 94
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 17 21
Broad-winged Hawk 0 50 8195
Red-tailed Hawk 0 62 121
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 32 65
Merlin 0 6 12
Peregrine Falcon 0 4 16
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 3
Unknown Buteo 0 2 4
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 1 1
Unknown Raptor 0 1 2
Total: 0 585 9325
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Observation start time: 11:00:00
Observation end time: 12:00:00
Total observation time: 1 hours
Official Counter: Bill James
Observers:
Visitors:
Not so lucky today.
Weather:
The peaks of the Peaks of Otter were not visible today nor were the Towers
of Purgatory - nor the fires for that matter. However, one could see from
Harvey's - down anyway.
Raptor Observations:
But there were none. One vulture flapping over the ridge.
Non-raptor Observations:
Sitting there alone, I recalled a visitor from many years ago - Robert
Zimmerman, I believe his name was - and he was very inquisitive about the
flight of hawks as he had grown up not far from Duluth. He asked me the
main variable for hawk migratory flight and I thought and said something
along the lines of the answer to that, my friend, is blowing in the wind.
Don't know what happened to that young fellow, though.
Predictions:
NW winds in the PM. If it doesn't happen, don't think twice, it's uh Okey
Dokey.
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Report submitted by Bill James (bijam@xxxxxxx)
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