Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2009
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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 5 206
Bald Eagle 1 6 70
Northern Harrier 1 1 9
Sharp-shinned Hawk 55 226 777
Cooper's Hawk 8 39 118
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 3
Broad-winged Hawk 0 76 12067
Red-tailed Hawk 15 26 78
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 15 119
Merlin 0 0 11
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 15
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 5
Unknown Falcon 0 0 4
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 7
Total: 82 396 13489
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Observation start time: 11:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 3 hours
Official Counter: Brenda Tekin
Observers:
Visitors:
0 visitors - Counter was flying solo today.
Weather:
Day started with dark clouds and light rain showers with approaching cold
front, delaying count until 11 a.m. EST. A few drizzles between 11 - 11:30
and then skies gradually cleared to mostly cloudy with few breaks to allow
brief periods of sunshine. Steady NW winds 15-25km/h increasing to around
32-34km/h. Temperature started at 17.2C dropping to 14.5C.
Raptor Observations:
Once the lower, darker rain clouds moved off top of ridge, birds were in
the air, moving quickly across. Bald Eagle #70 for the season, a juvenile,
flew past at 12:58 p.m. EST.
Non-raptor Observations:
Two decent-sized flocks of Double-crested Cormorant heading due south.
First was a group of 120+ and 48 in the second group.
Predictions:
Sunnier, dryer and cooler. More fall colors.
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
