Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 25, 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 1 2 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 6 6
Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2
Broad-winged Hawk 0 171 171
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: 1 212 212
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Observation start time: 08:15:00
Observation end time: 11:00:00
Total observation time: 2.75 hours
Official Counter: Vic Laubach
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Gabriel Mapel
Weather:
Overcast with heavy haze/mist over Waynesboro to our NW reducing visibility
to less than 4km. Slight NNE wind. Humidity 65% and increasing and temp
64-68 degrees by time we shut down at 11 am EST with light rain moving in.
Raptor Observations:
Birds decided today was not a day to migrate. In fact, we never saw the
first vulture or raven during the morning shift. Only migrating raptor was
a Northern Harrier, first picked up by Gabriel Mapel who was trying out our
new Vortex spotting scope donated by our sponsor, Eagle Optics.
Non-raptor Observations:
Adult male Indigo Bunting in the molting stage and one unidentified SMALL
empidonax flycatcher.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 6
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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
