Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 29, 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 12 25 25
Bald Eagle 1 23 23
Northern Harrier 0 3 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 13 13
Cooper's Hawk 2 3 3
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2
Broad-winged Hawk 24 230 230
Red-tailed Hawk 2 7 7
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 6 15 15
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: 49 323 323
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 19:00:00
Total observation time: 11 hours
Official Counter: Multiple Counters
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Gabriel Mapel, Rose Thomas, Vic Laubach
Visitors:
Ruth Douglas, Mary Mapel, Sandy Sylvast, Diane Lepkowski
Weather:
Light NE breezes, sometimes calming to nothing. Temp. 20-26*C. The morning
was pretty cloudless, but then some clouds moved in, becoming about 25%
cloudy in afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
Today was an Osprey day with 12 total. 8 of the Osprey were in the final 3
hours, and the final two raptors of the day were Osprey very late around
6:20pm. Another Bald Eagle (adult at 5:35pm).
Non-raptor Observations:
21 Monarchs, 1 Pileated Woodpecker, 13 Hummingbirds, 80 Cedar Waxwing, 9
Raven, and 211 Chimney Swifts. We stayed late again today and observed a
total of 275 Common Nighthawks passing by in the final hour, all moving
from East to West (the opposite direction of last night's flight). They all
faded away over toward Waynesboro.
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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
