Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2008
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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 4 65 81
Bald Eagle 1 13 23
Northern Harrier 0 6 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 121 139
Cooper's Hawk 3 20 24
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 575 4519 4762
Red-tailed Hawk 0 11 11
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 4 58 62
Merlin 0 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 5 5
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 2 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 2 3
Total: 594 4825 5123
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 17:30:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Ed Lewis, Gordy Adamski, Vic Laubach
Visitors:
Barbara Adamsky, Lee Boatwright, Debra Hausrath, Rock Moeslein, Lisa
Wright, Richard Myers, Sue Myers
Weather:
Clear day with a few clouds between 12-4pm. NW breezes most of the day
until 2pm when it became fairly calm. Temps were 14-22.5C. Humidity started
at 78% and ended at 59%.
Raptor Observations:
Immature Bald Eagle at 3:15pm.
Non-raptor Observations:
Cedar Waxwings in small flocks and a Black Throated Green Warbler. Hourly
BW count: 0 (7:30-8am), 55 (8-9am), 81 (9-10am), 35 (10-11am), 7 (11-12pm),
1 (12-1pm), 7 (1-2pm), 5 (2-3pm), 252 (3-4pm), 133 (4-5:30pm).
Predictions:
More like today.
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at:
http://home.ntelos.net/~btkin/rockfish_gap_hawk_watch
Directions to site:
The Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch is held on the grounds of the Inn at Afton,
located on the southern side of Rockfish Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains,
just above where I-64 (exit 99) intersects with the southern end of the
Skyline Drive and the northern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway, just east of
Waynesboro, VA and approximately 22 miles west of Charlottesville, VA.
