Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 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 0 104 344
Bald Eagle 1 53 139
Northern Harrier 0 26 47
Sharp-shinned Hawk 37 1507 2097
Cooper's Hawk 4 199 286
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 8 9
Broad-winged Hawk 0 80 28790
Red-tailed Hawk 6 96 125
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 2
American Kestrel 0 103 288
Merlin 0 12 22
Peregrine Falcon 0 9 27
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 3
Unknown Buteo 0 1 5
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 4 4
Total: 48 2205 32188
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers: Pete Nebel
Weather:
Wind shifted to out of the NW, 1-5 km/h changing to out of the S by 2 p.m.
EST; Temp: 16.8c>17.8c then dropping to 14.7c with shifting winds;
humidity: 47%<41% then increasing to 53% with southerly flow;
Bar.Pressure: 1007<1004; no cloud clover for bright blue skies throughout
the day; visibility for miles except for haze.
Raptor Observations:
Sharp-shins continue to trickle through and another Bald Eagle, an adult at
11:20 a.m. EST.
Non-raptor Observations:
DC Cormorant - 2 in morning and group of 5 at 2:44;
Monarch Butterfly - 16;
Predictions:
sunny
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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
