Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 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 3 110 130
Bald Eagle 1 63 76
Northern Harrier 1 20 22
Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 315 331
Cooper's Hawk 0 35 39
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 2 2
Broad-winged Hawk 426 18093 18145
Red-tailed Hawk 0 34 43
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 0 93 98
Merlin 0 2 2
Peregrine Falcon 0 6 6
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 2
Unknown Buteo 0 4 4
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 1 6 9
Total: 444 18785 18910
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Multiple Counters
Observers: Dave Hunter, Rose Thomas
Visitors:
Pete Nebel, Penny Warren, Lois Gebhardt, Virgil Troyer, Kathy Troyer,
Andrew Clem, Vic Laubach, Elizabeth Hunter, Wendy ?, Patty Elton, Mary Ann
Wilcox, Harry Vest, Sue & Tom ? (sorry, I cannot read some of Dave's
handwriting).
Weather:
Nothing but clear blue skies all day and not a single cloud! Temp.
15.5-21.5C. Light SE breezes. Clear visibility
Raptor Observations:
Another good showing of BW Hawks, but we had to really work for them,
especially in the afternoon. The clear blue skies made it challenging to
find the birds, which were flying high and often were not seen until they
just appeared out of nowhere right in front of our eyes! Hourly BW Hawk
count: 20 (7-9am), 98 (9-10am), 35 (10-11am), 170 (11-12pm), 42 (12-1pm),
17 (1-2pm), 38 (2-3pm), 6 (3-4pm).
3 more Osprey, a Harrier, and an immature Bald Eagle at 10:07am.
Non-raptor Observations:
62 Monarchs. Flickers are moving. David reported quite a "convention" of
Flickers on the north ridge-line.
Predictions:
Warm and sunny again, SW breezes with isolated thunderstorms (30%) in the
evening.
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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
