Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 07, 2011
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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 1 78 318
Bald Eagle 2 29 115
Northern Harrier 0 12 33
Sharp-shinned Hawk 66 339 929
Cooper's Hawk 6 46 133
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 3
Broad-winged Hawk 2 68 28778
Red-tailed Hawk 0 26 55
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 2 26 211
Merlin 0 1 11
Peregrine Falcon 1 6 24
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 2
Unknown Buteo 0 0 4
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 2 2
Total: 80 636 30619
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Observation start time: 09:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 5.5 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Visitors:
Peter Clark
Weather:
Sunny, cloudless day. Light breezes from ESE. Temp. 16.6-18.4C.
Raptor Observations:
The season count for Bald Eagles was tied today with 115 total to date:
Adults at 2:30pm and 2:40pm.
1 Peregrine Falcon at 2:40pm.
Non-raptor Observations:
Pileated Woodpecker.
19 Monarchs.
Predictions:
sunny and warm.
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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
