Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 30, 2010
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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 20 20
Bald Eagle 1 13 13
Northern Harrier 1 2 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 16 16
Cooper's Hawk 0 4 4
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 18 52 52
Red-tailed Hawk 1 9 9
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 5 5
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 3 3
Total: 23 125 125
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Gordy Adamski
Observers:
Visitors:
Dan Perkuchin, Marshall Faintich, Tom Mizell, Peter Niebel
Weather:
Overly bright, blue skies with virtually no cloud cover. Wind out of the
west,12-19km/h diminishing to around 1-5km/h. Temp: 21.5c>26c; Humidity:
81% dropping to 62%; Bar.Pressure steady at 1021. Persistent haze.
Raptor Observations:
Welcome back to Gordy Adamski who took the reigns today. He was rewarded
with a few birds trickling in including a female Northern Harrier and an
adult Bald Eagle at 11:28 a.m. EST.
Non-raptor Observations:
Monarch Butterfly - 7
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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
