Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 24, 2012
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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 6 6
Bald Eagle 0 13 13
Northern Harrier 0 1 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 6 6
Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2
Broad-winged Hawk 4 171 171
Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 4
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 6 6
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 2 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 5 211 211
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Observation start time: 09:30:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 4.5 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers: Vic Laubach
Weather:
Warm 24-32*C. Very light SSE breezes, at times calming to be still. Partly
cloudy becoming mostly cloudy by 1pm. Hazy.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
A group of 8 Ravens hanging out for quite a while up in the sky over the
ridge. 3 Monarchs. 24 Chimney Swifts.
Predictions:
50% chance of rain.
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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
