Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 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 3 16 136
Bald Eagle 1 4 35
Northern Harrier 1 8 27
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 285 609
Cooper's Hawk 1 33 88
Northern Goshawk 0 0 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 2 3
Broad-winged Hawk 2 9 14438
Red-tailed Hawk 1 14 37
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 0 22 91
Merlin 0 1 4
Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 18 401 15496
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Observation start time: 12:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 4 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Visitors:
Catherine & Terry Bond from Waynesboro
Larry Darby
Weather:
Sunny with S breezes. 18C temp. Few clouds. 54-61% humidity.
Raptor Observations:
Adult Bald Eagle at 1:20pm.
A nice Red-Shouldered Hawk came in very close & circled to give great
looks.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at:
http://home.ntelos.net/~btkin/rockfish_gap_hawk_watch
