Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 05, 2013
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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 2 25 59
Bald Eagle 1 11 31
Northern Harrier 0 1 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 8 21
Cooper's Hawk 0 9 20
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 9
Broad-winged Hawk 16 125 359
Red-tailed Hawk 1 11 28
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 12 20
Merlin 0 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Accipiter 0 3 3
Unknown Buteo 0 1 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 3
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Total: 21 213 564
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Visitors:
James Barnes, Jean Sorrella Jones, Melinda Lorinez (from Romania) and 3
others.
Weather:
Clear blue skies most of the day with a couple clouds appearing after 2pm.
Moderate NW winds early, reducing slightly after 11am. 17.5-24.3C.
Raptor Observations:
Tough skies today! 1 immature BE at 10:30am.
Non-raptor Observations:
28 Waxwing. 26 Swifts. 13 hummingbirds.
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
