Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 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 0 8 209
Bald Eagle 0 7 71
Northern Harrier 0 3 11
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 236 787
Cooper's Hawk 0 42 121
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 3
Broad-winged Hawk 0 76 12067
Red-tailed Hawk 0 31 83
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 17 121
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: 0 422 13515
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(No count conducted today)
Weather:
Ditto from yesterday - fog, overcast, rain and temps in upper 30's to lower
40's and it looks like it's going to extend into Sunday. This is probably
a good time to pull out that long, growing list of things to do but put off
until end of the season...
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
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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
