Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 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 2 101 117
Bald Eagle 0 21 31
Northern Harrier 0 15 17
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 240 258
Cooper's Hawk 1 43 47
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 13 14183 14426
Red-tailed Hawk 0 20 20
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 1 63 67
Merlin 0 3 3
Peregrine Falcon 1 8 8
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 2 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 5 6
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Total: 22 14707 15005
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Mae Houff
Observers: Vic Laubach
Visitors:
Lots of visitors, some of which came in response to hearing the story on
National Public Radio yesterday.
For those interested, you can see the NPR story on their website at
http://www.wvtf.org/news_and_notes/index.php ;(scroll down to 9/22/08 story
with raptor photos).
You can also go to the direct link to the audio story at
http://www.wvtf.org/news_and_notes/audio/200809230927040.sh_hawkwatch_9.22.2008.mp3.
Visitors today included John Wray, Jr., Jim Bryant, Ann Lankey, Bill
Hankins, Mary Ann Smith, Dudley Rochester, Lois Gebhardt, Bill Tucker, Hary
& Beth Lumadue, Peter Fremgen, and Susan Clark (please excuse any
misspellings)
Weather:
Sunny and warm. Temperature 22.5-19.5C. Light breezes from the ENE all day.
Humidity 66-73%. Mostly blue skies until 2pm when the clouds started coming
in from the east.
Raptor Observations:
A Peregrine Falcon observed at 11:05am flying across the gap to the West.
Non-raptor Observations:
2 Red-Headed Woodpeckers
Lots of Blue Jays in morning
Predictions:
Rain and wind
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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
