Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 16, 2015
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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 5 5
Bald Eagle 0 0 0
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 2 2
Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2
Broad-winged Hawk 4 22 22
Red-tailed Hawk 0 2 2
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 1 1
Merlin 0 0 0
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: 6 35 35
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 14:30:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Visitors:
Official Counter Rose Thomas was all by her lonesome self to cover this
hot, slow day. Thank you Rose!
Weather:
Moderate NNE Wind early, gradually becoming calmer and more out of the SW.
A warm day (22.5-33.5 degrees Celsius). Cloudless early with some clouds
in the last few hours. Once again, haze in the Shenandoah Valley to west
(worst in the morning).
Raptor Observations:
A much lower count compared to yesterday's decent flight, one of the 6
raptors tallied today was our season's first Cooper's Hawk.
An adult Bald Eagle was spotted at 9:40am to the west but dropped down into
the trees near the "Brick Plant" in Waynesboro, and was not counted.
Non-raptor Observations:
40+ Barn Swallows, 2 Cedar Waxwings
Predictions:
Hot, sunny, light south wind. Quite possibly another slow day.
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Report submitted by Gabriel Mapel (birdmangabriel@xxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
