Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 09, 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 13 57 91
Bald Eagle 0 23 43
Northern Harrier 2 10 15
Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 32 45
Cooper's Hawk 1 14 25
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 7 11
Broad-winged Hawk 42 368 602
Red-tailed Hawk 0 16 33
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 18 26
Merlin 0 2 2
Peregrine Falcon 1 1 2
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 4
Unknown Buteo 0 1 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 2 2 5
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Total: 73 556 907
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Weather:
Completely overcast until it finally cleared out at 3pm where the sky
quickly became only 10% clouds. Mild SE winds. 22.7-28.4C. Clear
visibility.
Raptor Observations:
A great Osprey day with 13! One Peregrine Falcon at 3:34pm. Birds were
flying low today with the afternoon being much better than the morning. All
BW but one passed by between 12-3pm.
Non-raptor Observations:
18 Waxwings. 27 Swifts. 7 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
