From John Kee:
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How Are We Doing?
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The below table represents Chimney Rock Hawk Watch Raptor Totals as of October 11th in years 2010 and 2011. Does this mean anything? Probably not. Weather patterns and other variables can influence the migration from year to year. The fact that every species is below last year’s total at this date could mean more raptors used an alternate flight line or for some species the migration time period could be more spread out or later. It will be interesting to do this comparison again at the end of the season to see which totals if any, catch up. We are one ahead in unidentified raptors anyway!
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-John
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Click here to view or download the Table of Net Differences as of 10-11-2011
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Click here to view or download the PDF of the season statistics through Oct. 11, 2011.