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Lehigh Gap Nature
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Bake
Oven Knob Hawk Count
The 2002 season began on 15 August and continued through 1 December. A total of 20,778 raptors were counted during 785 hours of observation. Table 1 summarizes the count by species and month (excluding the sole day of observing conducted in December).
2002 Bake Oven Knob Hawk Count Totals
(updated
|
Species |
August |
September |
October |
November |
Total |
Hawks/Hr. |
|
Black Vulture |
35 |
57 |
50 |
55 |
195 |
0.25 |
|
Turkey Vulture |
174 |
296 |
186 |
30 |
687 |
0.88 |
|
Osprey |
29 |
591 |
174 |
0 |
794 |
1.02 |
|
Bald Eagle |
16 |
113 |
19 |
17 |
165 |
0.21 |
|
Northern Harrier |
5 |
31 |
56 |
12 |
104 |
0.13 |
|
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
37 |
526 |
1730 |
78 |
2371 |
3.03 |
|
Cooper’s Hawk |
6 |
88 |
235 |
21 |
350 |
0.45 |
|
Northern Goshawk |
0 |
0 |
10 |
21 |
31 |
0.04 |
|
Red-shouldered Hawk |
0 |
7 |
160 |
30 |
197 |
0.25 |
|
Broad-winged Hawk |
80 |
12200 |
28 |
0 |
12308 |
15.75 |
|
Red-tailed Hawk |
28 |
138 |
1535 |
1158 |
2859 |
3.66 |
|
Rough-legged Hawk |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
negl. |
|
Golden Eagle |
0 |
1 |
30 |
56 |
87 |
0.11 |
|
American Kestrel |
14 |
117 |
76 |
0 |
207 |
0.26 |
|
Merlin |
2 |
16 |
62 |
0 |
80 |
0.10 |
|
Peregrine Falcon |
0 |
13 |
49 |
1 |
63 |
0.08 |
|
Unidentified Hawks |
8 |
47 |
168 |
55 |
278 |
0.36 |
|
TOTALS |
432 |
14,242 |
4,568 |
1,536 |
20,778 |
26.58 |
|
Observation Days |
16 |
29 |
25 |
27 |
97 |
|
|
Observation Hours |
143 |
268 |
195 |
175.7 |
781.7 |
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