Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2011
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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 0 79 319
Bald Eagle 1 31 117
Northern Harrier 0 15 36
Sharp-shinned Hawk 24 481 1071
Cooper's Hawk 7 73 160
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 4 5
Broad-winged Hawk 0 73 28783
Red-tailed Hawk 0 37 66
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 0 29 214
Merlin 0 2 12
Peregrine Falcon 0 6 24
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 2
Unknown Buteo 0 0 4
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 2 2
Total: 32 833 30816
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 14:30:00
Total observation time: 5.5 hours
Official Counter: Multiple Counters
Observers: Pete Nebel, Vic Laubach
Visitors:
Allen & Bethany Richardson
Weather:
Partly cloudy (high, thin clouds mostly) with warm temps of 15-23C. Light
SSE breezes. Good visibility.
Raptor Observations:
Immature Bald Eagle at 11:20am. The light, SSE breezes were not conducive
to hawks today.
Non-raptor Observations:
17 Monarchs.
Predictions:
clouds moving in from the south with rain by evening.
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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
