There hasn't been a lot of action at the Hawk Watch over the past 3 days,
so I here is a combined summary of Tue-Thur:
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 14-16, 2012
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Species Tue-Thu Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 1 1 1
Bald Eagle 0 2 2
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1 1
Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 32 110 110
Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 1
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 2 2
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 2 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 35 120 120
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Total observation time: 18.5 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Visitors: Linda & Bill Miller
Weather: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Warm. Very light N breezes.
Raptor Observations:
Our first Osprey and Red-shouldered Hawk of the season. 32 more BWH.
Non-raptor Observations:
7 Cedar Waxwings, many Goldfinches, 4 Ravens, 1 Hummingbird
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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