Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 10, 2010
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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 27 47
Bald Eagle 0 5 18
Northern Harrier 0 1 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 7 23
Cooper's Hawk 0 8 12
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 5 73 125
Red-tailed Hawk 0 12 21
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 0 27 32
Merlin 0 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 2 5
Total: 6 164 289
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 12:00:00
Total observation time: 4 hours
Official Counter: Gordy Adamski
Observers:
Visitors:
Pete Nebel
Weather:
Blustery during the first hour, N-NE, diminishing to 5-8km/h by 10 a.m.
EST; Temp: 13c>16.5c; Bar.Pressure:68% dropping to 52%; Par.Pressure:
steady at 1012; Mostly clear skies with miles of visibility.
Raptor Observations:
What few birds were found were flying high overhead, difficult to spot
against the bright blue sky.
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
Sunny and cool
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (brenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
