Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2006
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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 0 230
Bald Eagle 0 1 84
Northern Harrier 0 2 58
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 22 781
Cooper's Hawk 0 5 149
Northern Goshawk 0 1 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 7 20
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 4707
Red-tailed Hawk 52 119 379
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 2 2 9
American Kestrel 0 0 123
Merlin 1 2 24
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 40
Unknown 6 7 67
Total: 70 168 6675
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Observation start time: 09:15:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 7.25 hours
Official Counter: Joyce Holt
Observers:
Visitors:
Not many Parkway travelers. Only one hiker and he wasn't talking-just
walking. One drive-thru wanted to know how many trick-or-treaters we had
had.
Contributing to the count- John Williamson, Mike Crowder, Andy Biggs.
Weather:
No clouds today! It helped to make the low temps more bearable (0-5
degrees C.). Winds at about a 2 and variable. Visibility good with some
haze to much better as the day wore on.
Raptor Observations:
The Hawks and Vultures seemed to wait on the warmer temps to begin to move
- as predicted by John Williamson. No noticeable movements of migrating
vultures, they were either perched across the Parkway on the railing or
meandering out over the valley.
Non-raptor Observations:
No Monarchs. About the only migrating passerines were Cedar Waxwings, and
those were smallish flocks-no more than 50- and most were northbound.
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Report submitted by Joyce Holt (blueskyjoyce@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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