Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 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 0 141 161
Bald Eagle 0 78 91
Northern Harrier 0 31 33
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 764 780
Cooper's Hawk 0 56 60
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 3
Broad-winged Hawk 0 32399 32451
Red-tailed Hawk 0 40 49
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 0 150 155
Merlin 0 4 4
Peregrine Falcon 0 10 10
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 2
Unknown Buteo 0 4 4
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 6 9
Total: 0 33688 33813
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(No count conducted today)
Weather:
Heavy rains have arrived and will persist throughout the day and may begin
to clear out by early tomorrow morning and the weekend is looking good with
sunshine and cooler, fall-like weather.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
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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
