Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 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 0 101 117
Bald Eagle 0 21 31
Northern Harrier 0 15 17
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 240 258
Cooper's Hawk 0 43 47
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 0 14183 14426
Red-tailed Hawk 0 20 20
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 0 63 67
Merlin 0 3 3
Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 0 14707 15005
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(No count conducted today)
Weather:
Much needed rain, low clouds and fog have moved in over the region and
appears to have stalled.Good time to catch up on long list of neglected
chores.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
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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
