Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 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 2 26 229
Bald Eagle 1 10 78
Northern Harrier 0 19 50
Sharp-shinned Hawk 47 430 651
Cooper's Hawk 5 70 119
Northern Goshawk 0 3 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 7
Broad-winged Hawk 0 59 4707
Red-tailed Hawk 12 61 142
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 3 5
American Kestrel 2 28 121
Merlin 1 13 20
Peregrine Falcon 2 12 39
Unknown 15 57
Total: 72 751 6228
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Joyce Holt
Observers:
Visitors:
Quite a few leef peepers - tomorrow should be a doozy!
Weather:
Blustery, some sunshine (much welcomed), good visibility until it got a
little hazy in the last hours
Raptor Observations:
Not much Vulture or local RT activity.
Non-raptor Observations:
A scarcity of passerines. One Monarch butterfly. No Ladybugs.
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Report submitted by Joyce Holt (blueskyjoyce@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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