Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 10, 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 3 60 94
Bald Eagle 3 26 46
Northern Harrier 2 12 17
Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 48 61
Cooper's Hawk 2 16 27
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 7 11
Broad-winged Hawk 74 442 676
Red-tailed Hawk 0 16 33
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 2 20 28
Merlin 0 2 2
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 2
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 4
Unknown Buteo 0 1 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 2 5
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Total: 102 658 1009
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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:
Visitors:
Bruce & Karen Langevin, Dana Birdsall, Fae Smith, Tom Mizell, Nancy
Davidson.
Weather:
Mostly sunny, becoming partly cloudy after 2pm. Brisk NW wind early
switching to light SSE breezes after 1pm. 22.8-28.6C. Hazy early.
Raptor Observations:
Three adult BE at 1:33pm, 3:43pm and 3:44pm. The 100th and 101st birds of
the day were the pair of BE. Sharp-shinned Hawks are starting to build in
numbers.
Non-raptor Observations:
26 Cedar Waxwing. 6 Hummingbird. 50 Swifts. 3 Red-headed Woodpecker. 1
Towhee.
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org