Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 02, 2009
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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 0 0 201
Bald Eagle 2 2 66
Northern Harrier 0 0 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk 36 38 589
Cooper's Hawk 3 3 82
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 2
Broad-winged Hawk 26 28 12019
Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 53
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 2 2 106
Merlin 0 0 11
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 14
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 5
Unknown Falcon 0 0 4
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 7
Total: 70 74 13167
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Vic Laubach
Observers:
Visitors:
Lois Gebhardt
Douglas Rochester
Dale Miller
Weather:
Mostly cloudy early changing to complete overcast by 10am. Dark, low clouds
moving in at 2pm from the south. Temps 14-21.5C. Mild breezes from SSE.
Raptor Observations:
Fairly slow day. All but 3 BWH flew by between 1-2pm. 1 adult BE (12:03pm)
and 1 immature BE (1:33pm).
Non-raptor Observations:
During the first couple of hours the Northern Flickers were sure on the
move! Groups of Flickers were constantly moving in along the ridgeline and
flew across the gap usually in groups of 2-4. In total, 167 Flickers
crossed the gap this morning!
5 Monarchs.
6 Ravens.
1 Red-Headed Woodpecker.
2 Hummingbirds.
Predictions:
Front will move on through tonight. Mostly sunny, high 72F, SSW winds at
10mph.
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
