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Lehigh Gap Nature
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During the 2004 season, a total of 14,482 raptors were counted during 783.5 hours of observation. The table below summarizes the count by species and month.
2004 Bake Oven Knob Hawk Count Totals
(updated February 2005)
| Species | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Total | #/Hr. |
| Black_Vulture | 40 | 74 | 73 | 51 | 238 | 0.30 |
| Turkey_Vulture | 183 | 453 | 288 | 64 | 988 | 1.26 |
| Osprey | 115 | 537 | 94 | 3 | 749 | 0.96 |
| Mississippi_Kite | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | negl |
| Bald_Eagle | 62 | 114 | 17 | 15 | 208 | 0.27 |
| Northern_Harrier | 10 | 39 | 40 | 15 | 104 | 0.13 |
| Sharp-shinned_Hawk | 39 | 908 | 1260 | 88 | 2295 | 2.93 |
| Cooper’s_Hawk | 9 | 81 | 192 | 30 | 312 | 0.40 |
| Northern_Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 0.06 |
| Red-shouldered_Hawk | 0 | 11 | 76 | 24 | 111 | 0.14 |
| Broad-winged_Hawk | 186 | 5893 | 4 | 0 | 6083 | 7.76 |
| Red-tailed_Hawk | 21 | 87 | 958 | 1634 | 2700 | 3.45 |
| Rough-legged_Hawk | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.01 |
| Golden_Eagle | 0 | 2 | 27 | 56 | 85 | 0.11 |
| American_Kestrel | 26 | 113 | 24 | 0 | 163 | 0.21 |
| Merlin | 2 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 48 | 0.06 |
| Peregrine_Falcon | 1 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 42 | 0.05 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | negl |
| Unidentified_Hawks | 35 | 104 | 128 | 36 | 303 | 0.39 |
| TOTALS | 729 | 8,455 | 3,244 | 2,054 | 14,482 | 18.48 |
| Observation_Days | 17 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 95 | |
| Observation_Hours | 151.3 | 242.4 | 215.3 | 174.5 | 783.5 |
