Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 05, 2015
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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 1 155
Bald Eagle 1 1 104
Northern Harrier 0 2 20
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 4 413
Cooper's Hawk 1 1 139
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 11
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6371
Red-tailed Hawk 17 38 169
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 0 1 68
Merlin 0 0 8
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 11
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 6
Unknown Buteo 1 1 10
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 0 0 11
Total: 24 51 7498
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Joyce Holt
Observers: Bill & Katie James, Carl Christensen, Liz Williams,
Matt Hosmer, Norris Ford
Visitors:
A thru-hiker headed north. Affable, knowledgeable, communicative; enjoyed
Liz's cookies and the use of Carl's phone. I love it when persons driving
through turn down their windows and ask what we are seeing not what we are
doing.
Weather:
Beautiful: can't expect more of these.
cloudy turned to mostly sunny. T-shirt weather
Winds were not consistent and mostly light. Not conducive to a good
flight, but twenty-four and a good variety of species was a plus
1:41 IMBE
Raptor Observations:
Vultures seemed to be the focus of the day; mostly TV with a few BV.
Ravens probably every hour with few numbers.
Non-raptor Observations:
Monarch butterfly - three
Buck Moth
Goldfinch
Pileated WP
Junco, Downy WP, Towhee. agitated squirrel, chipmunk
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Report submitted by Joyce Holt (blueskyjoyce@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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