Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 09, 2008
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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 13 133
Bald Eagle 1 3 34
Northern Harrier 3 7 26
Sharp-shinned Hawk 94 278 602
Cooper's Hawk 13 32 87
Northern Goshawk 0 0 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 1
Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 14436
Red-tailed Hawk 4 13 36
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 7 22 91
Merlin 0 1 4
Peregrine Falcon 1 6 16
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1
Unknown Buteo 0 0 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 6
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 124 383 15478
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Vic Laubach
Observers: Robert Plank
Weather:
Nice warm day with plenty of clouds to help spot birds. Light winds from SW
until 11am where the winds dropped to a light breeze from SE. 25-50% cloud
cover until noon where more clouds came in to become mostly cloudy the rest
of day. Temp. 24C all day. Humidity 57-67%.
Raptor Observations:
A nice day with early birds flying fairly low to the SW and later birds
spotted high in the sky flying to the SE.
Total of eight species observed today. Immature Bald Eagle at 11:25am,
adult Peregrine Falcon at 10:14am, and 3 Northern Harriers today. Hourly
Sharp-Shinned count: 4 (8:30-9), 28 (9-10), 11 (10-11), 8 (11-12), 6
(12-1), 10 (1-2), 13 (2-3), 4 (3-4). I thought I was going to break triple
digits for Sharp-Shinned Hawks, but not quite. The last bird of the day was
a N. Harrier.
Non-raptor Observations:
Lots of Chimney Swifts.
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