Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 19, 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 0 21 141
Bald Eagle 0 6 37
Northern Harrier 0 9 28
Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 496 820
Cooper's Hawk 1 80 135
Northern Goshawk 0 1 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 6
Broad-winged Hawk 0 10 14439
Red-tailed Hawk 25 57 80
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 2
American Kestrel 0 30 99
Merlin 0 9 12
Peregrine Falcon 4 14 24
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2
Unknown Buteo 0 0 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 9 15
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 43 750 15845
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Observation start time: 07:45:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 5.25 hours
Official Counter: Vic Laubach
Observers: Brenda Tekin
Visitors:
Bob & Carol
Weather:
Clear, cloudless day. Chilly start at 5.5C with a high of 13.5C. Brisk
winds from WNW all day.
Raptor Observations:
Red-Tailed Hawks began moving through during the first couple of hours, and
then hardly anything was flying after 11am (Brenda, you took all the birds
when you left!). Four Peregrine Falcons between 9-10 am including a group
of 3 flying together.
Non-raptor Observations:
MANY vultures (mostly Turkey) passing through today with one impressive
kettle containing ~140. Total vultures today was likely >300. 4 Monarchs.
Predictions:
sunny again
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at:
http://home.ntelos.net/~btkin/rockfish_gap_hawk_watch
