Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 22, 2011
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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 2 2 2
Bald Eagle 2 2 2
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 5 5
Cooper's Hawk 1 2 2
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 11 33 33
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 16 44 44
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Weather:
Doing a bit of catching up from past week's coverage.
Overall pleasant except for the winds barrelling out of the NNW,
20-35km/h. Temp: 21c>23c; Humidity: 65% dropping to 48%; Bar.Pressure:
1001<1000; Cloud cover ranged from partly cloudy to mostly cloudy back to
partly cloudy.
Raptor Observations:
Volunteer counter Rose Thomas flew solo today and was rewarded with the
season's first Osprey (2) and Bald Eagles (2 adults).
Osprey #1-8:55;
Osprey #2-10:25;
BAEA #1 - 9:50;
BAEA #2 - 10:35
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
At least one to two decent weather days but eyes are to the Atlantic with
the approach of Irene.
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (brenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
