Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 09, 2006
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 0 0 0
TV 0 0 0
OS 1 13 182
BE 0 2 58
NH 2 11 43
SS 61 356 859
CH 9 49 125
NG 1 2 2
RS 1 2 7
BW 4 239 14337
RT 3 10 55
RL 0 0 0
GE 1 1 3
AK 1 30 114
ML 0 1 4
PG 0 5 48
UA 0 1 3
UB 0 1 6
UF 0 1 3
UE 0 0 1
UR 0 1 12
Total: 84 725 15862
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Observation start time: 10:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Multiple Counters
Observers: Robert Plank, Vic Laubach
Visitors:
Observers included Dave Hunter, Dean Lashbrook, Betty mooney, Gay Hathaway
Weather:
Bright blue October sky with zero cloud cover, light North wind, 5-11km/h
throughout the day.
Temp: 20.5c dropping throughout the day to 18c;
Humidity: 56%>60% dropping to 45%;
Bar.Pressure: 1015>1018
Raptor Observations:
Season's 3rd Golden Eagle, an imm. at 11:47am EST followed a few short
minutes later by season's 2nd Northern Goshawk (imm.) at 11:52am;
Northern Harrier adult male @ 3:15pm
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at:
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