Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 28, 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 0 2 156
Bald Eagle 0 12 115
Northern Harrier 0 8 26
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 22 431
Cooper's Hawk 0 4 142
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 7 17
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6371
Red-tailed Hawk 0 185 316
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 8 8
American Kestrel 0 3 70
Merlin 0 0 8
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 11
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 6
Unknown Buteo 0 2 11
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 2 3
Unknown Raptor 0 0 11
Total: 0 255 7702
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Observation start time: 13:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 2 hours
Official Counter: Bill James
Observers:
Visitors:
Not one. Some in cars, some on bikes, some on powered bikes, one hiking.
Weather:
100% cloud cover; visibility = 3; nice and warm = 18.9; falling barometer;
front from Texas northwest to New York heading our way, but no
precipitation today.
Raptor Observations:
Observed not one.
Non-raptor Observations:
Dillard went up late morning, but left fearing traffic on 460 and, of
course, not one.
Predictions:
Front with rain tomorrow and Monday with low ceiling and precipitation
likely.
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Report submitted by Bill James (bijam@xxxxxxx)
Harvey's Knob information may be found at:
http://bijame.googlepages.com/home
