Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 29, 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 13 13
Bald Eagle 1 4 4
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 10 10
Cooper's Hawk 0 4 4
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 9 131 131
Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 4
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: 11 178 178
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Observation start time: 14:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 2 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers: Vic Laubach
Visitors:
Marshall Faintich
Weather:
Light E-SE breeze. Temp. 25-26*C. Mostly cloudy in first hour to all cloud
cover the second hour. Very hazy with low visibility (<30km).
Raptor Observations:
Very little flying today other than vultures. Nine Broad-Winged Hawks in
the first hour, all on the east side of the ridge. One Bald Eagle (1st year
bird) at 3:15pm followed 15 minutes later by an Osprey.
Non-raptor Observations:
Nice 4-point, velvet buck foraging over by the tepee. Female Baltimore
Oriole landed in tree in front of us and sat for a few minutes.
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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
