Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 30, 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 1 14 14
Bald Eagle 4 8 8
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 12 12
Cooper's Hawk 1 5 5
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 7 138 138
Red-tailed Hawk 2 6 6
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 10 10
Merlin 0 2 2
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 17 195 195
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers: Vic Laubach
Visitors:
Gabriel Mapel, Ann Colgate
Weather:
Warm, sunny, blue skies! Temp. 15.9-27.9C. Very light, variable breezes
with good visibility. Some fog before 9am followed by clear blue skies all
day.
Raptor Observations:
Four Bald Eagles today: A juvenile at 1:05pm followed shortly by an adult
at 1:15pm, an adult at 2:00pm, and another adult at 3:25pm. One adult BE
traveling north at 12:05pm was not counted. One Osprey flew in from the NW
very low, came across the gap in front of us below eye level (gave us
beautiful looks!), and passed by to the SE.
Non-raptor Observations:
Young deer foraging at the tepee. One hummingbird. 4 Monarch butterflies
Predictions:
nice day like today!
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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
