Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 26, 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 1 24 24
Bald Eagle 0 4 4
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 11 11
Cooper's Hawk 0 3 3
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 5
Broad-winged Hawk 5 96 96
Red-tailed Hawk 0 6 6
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 7 7
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: 8 156 156
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 14:30:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Visitors:
Harry and Judy Vest
Weather:
Brisk W wind shifting to NW by 10am then dropping to less than 8km/h by 11.
Air was still with increasing haze in the afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
SLOW...One osprey. No eagles.
Non-raptor Observations:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird-4; Cedar Waxwing-19
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (brenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
