Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 24, 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 4 22 22
Bald Eagle 0 4 4
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 10 10
Cooper's Hawk 0 3 3
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 5
Broad-winged Hawk 12 81 81
Red-tailed Hawk 1 5 5
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 6 6
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: 18 136 136
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers: Dave Hunter
Visitors:
Mike, Mary and Diane Lebnick, Stephanie Boyles, Betsy Walin, Dan Summers,
Bo Baker, Jennifer Jowdy, Andrew Rapp
Weather:
Another nice day but a bit breezy with mostly west winds switching to SW by
mid afternoon. Temp. 22.1>29.2C.
Raptor Observations:
Impressive flight of osprey for so early in the season.
Non-raptor Observations:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird-6; Cedar Waxwing-13; Double-crested Cormorant-1;
A black bear at TP on north side of gap spotted by visitor Jennifer Jowdy
appeared to have an injured paw. The Wildlife Center had received a report
of a bear struck by a vehicle near exit 99 at top of Afton. The State
Wildlife office was notified.
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (brenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
