Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 08, 2010
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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 45
Bald Eagle 0 5 18
Northern Harrier 0 1 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 7 23
Cooper's Hawk 0 7 11
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 6 68 120
Red-tailed Hawk 1 12 21
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 14 27 32
Merlin 1 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 1 2 5
Total: 27 156 281
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Multiple Counters
Observers: Gordy Adamski, Vic Laubach
Visitors:
Dan Perkuchin, Gabriel Mapel, Dan Mapel, Marshall Faintich, Pete Nebel.
Weather:
Cloudy in the morning and becoming cloudless by 2pm. Temps 22.5-26.0*C.
Moderate NW winds throughout the day.
Raptor Observations:
A slow morning followed by an afternoon ruled by American Kestrels, with 14
observed between 1:00-4:30pm. At 2:20pm, our first Merlin of the season (an
immature) flew slowly overhead, clutching something in its talons and
taking bites of it from time to time as it flew over. All of the Kestrels
flew in low over the ridge ahead and did a lot of playing around in the
wind before flying over. Most of the Kestrels today were traveling together
in pairs (and one group of 3).
Non-raptor Observations:
10 Hummingbirds, 3 Ravens, and some Chimney Swifts.
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
