Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 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 3 12 31
Sharp-shinned Hawk 48 544 868
Cooper's Hawk 19 99 154
Northern Goshawk 0 1 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 6 7
Broad-winged Hawk 0 10 14439
Red-tailed Hawk 86 143 166
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 2
American Kestrel 2 32 101
Merlin 0 9 12
Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 159 909 16004
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Vic Laubach
Observers:
Weather:
Strong winds from the WNW all day (39-61 km/hr) with some stronger gusts.
It was a clear sky until 10am where it became ~50% cloudy for 3 hours and
then became cloudless again at 1pm. Temp. 13.0-19.5C.
Raptor Observations:
A good day for Red-Tailed Hawks which kept a steady pace all day thanks to
the great winds. The morning birds were flying rather low and then started
flying higher up in afternoon. Three Northern Harriers.
Non-raptor Observations:
A few Ravens and 7 Monarchs.
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
