Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 11, 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 5 65 99
Bald Eagle 1 27 47
Northern Harrier 0 12 17
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 52 65
Cooper's Hawk 2 18 29
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 8 12
Broad-winged Hawk 81 523 757
Red-tailed Hawk 2 18 35
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 20 28
Merlin 1 3 3
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: 97 755 1106
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:45:00
Total observation time: 8.75 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers: Vic Laubach
Visitors:
Jennifer Jowdy, Andrew Jenner, Andrew Clem.
Weather:
Partly cloudy. Hot and muggy! 25.1-28C. Light and variable breezes, mostly
southerly in afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
An adult BE at 3:41pm. A nice Merlin flew directly and steadily over gap
from NE to SW.
Non-raptor Observations:
2 Hummingbirds. 1 Palm Warbler.
Predictions:
Cold front moving through tomorrow night from Canada bringing fair chance
of afternoon storms tomorrow. Fri, Sat & Sun looks to be very cool (high in
low 70s), but there should be plenty of raptors moving!
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
