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INL Raptor Count Totals 1983 - 2007
Species 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Bald Eagle 4 3 2 5 1 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 6 1 2 2 0 6 1
Golden Eagle 45 20 8 9 9 9 0 1 0 11 6 6 7 9 10 3 10 8 5 8 7 7 6 16 5
Unidentified Eagle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Prairie Falcon 3 2 0 2 0 2 3 1 1 4 2 3 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gyrfalcon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
American Kestrel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 4 1 1 5 0 0 4 1 0 3 1
Rough legged Hawk 100 48 57 21 3 59 101 29 18 164 102 28 91 20 67 80 43 12 301 28 61 288 36
Red-tailed Hawk 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 4
Ferruginous Hawk 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Northern Harrier 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 3
Great-horned owl 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Short-eared owl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Raven* 6 11 35 16 21 89 3 23 19 78 49 140 46 21 142 28
Northern Shrike** 3 2 2 1 3 5 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 0
Magpie***                                               18 2
*Added to the Raptor Count in 1992 because ravens function ecologically as raptors.
** Added to the Raptor Count in 1992 because of concerns about declining shrike populations.
***Added to Raptor Count in 2006