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2010 Hawk Count

Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory, Monroe County, West Virginia

Date

Osprey

Bald
Eagle

Golden
Eagle

Unid.
Eagle

Nor.
Harrier

Sharp
Shin.

Cooper's
hawk

Unid.
Acc.

Red-
Sholdr

Broad-
Wing

Red-
Tail

Unid.
Buteo

Kestrel

Merlin

Pereg.

Other

Total

Weather
Wind/Clouds/Temp

Hours

 Observers Present

Aug.
15

                   

0

0-10 mph / 30% / 72°

3.75   Brian Hirt, J Ray Davis, Rodney Davis

Aug.
22

 

1

1

                  2 0-10 mph / 90% / 68° 4   Rodney Davis

Aug.
28

1

3

     

1

          5   4.25   Mark Morgan

Aug.
29

1

1

                  2 NE 3 mph / 50% / 75° 3   Rodney Davis

Sept.
01

 

1

         

1

    2   5.25  Mark A Morgan, Mark D Morgan

Sept.
03

     

3

                  3 NW 10-15 mph / 20% / 74° 4.5   Bill Thomas

Date

Osprey

Bald
Eagle

Golden
Eagle

Unid.
Eagle

Nor.
Harrier

Sharp
Shinned

Cooper

Unid.
Acc.

Red-
Sholdr

Broad
Winged

Red-
Tailed

Unid.
Buteo

Kestrel

Merlin

Pereg.

Other

Total

Weather
Wind/Clouds/Temp

Hours

Observers Present

Sept.
04

 

2

      1 1    

1

           

5

NE 15 mph / 10% / 61°

4.75

  Duane Fillingame. Josh Lipton, Natan Harel

Sept.
05

1 2       2       5     1      

11

NW 3-5 mph / 10% / 59°

8.75

  Rodney Davis, Mark Morgan, Pat & Debbie Nash

Sept.
06

1         1       1            

3

SE 2-3 mph / 0% / 66° 4.5   Brian Hirt

Sept.
07

 

2

             

4

           

6

NW 5-10 mph / 10% / 75° 6.75   Jim Phillips, Bill Thomas

 Sept.
08

                                0   1

  Mark A Morgan, Mark D Morgan

Sept.
09

1 4 1     25 14     1             46 NW 5-15 mph / 5% / 60° 6.5

  Brian Hirt, Bill Thomas

Date

Osprey

Bald
Eagle

Golden
Eagle

Unid.
Eagle

Nor.
Harrier

Sharp
Shinned

Cooper

Unid.
Acc.

Red-
Sholdr

Broad
Winged

Red-
Tailed

Unid.
Buteo

Kestrel

Merlin

Pereg.

Other

Total

Weather
Wind/Clouds/Temp

Hours

Observers Present

Sept.
10

1 1     1 4 1     16     1       25 NW 4-8 mph / 5% / 56° 4.75

  Rodney Davis

Sept.
12

5 7     1 11       109     1     2* 136 W 13 mph / 80% / 68° 7.25

  Duane Fillingame. Brian Hirt, Shawn McClung

Sept.
13

5 2     1 5 1   2 96             112 W 7-13 mph / 10% / 68° 5.5  Bob Baker, Jim Phillips, Duane Fillingame, Jesse Anderson
Sept.
14
10 12 2     2 1     251 1   2       280 NW 8 mph / 10% / 65° 7   Jesse Anderson, Dave and Cindy Ellis

Sept.
15

  6 1     6 3   1 176     6     1* 200 W 4-6 mph / 80% / 79° 9.25   Bob Baker, Duane Fillingame, Dave and Cindy Ellis, Mark A Morgan, Mark D Morgan

Sept.
16

1                 35             36 S 7-11 mph / 95% / 70° 5.25  Bob Baker, Duane Fillingame, Dave and Cindy Ellis, Jesse Anderson, Linwell Booth

Date

Osprey

Bald
Eagle

Golden
Eagle

Unid.
Eagle

Nor.
Harrier

Sharp
Shinned

Cooper

Unid.
Acc.

Red-
Sholdr

Broad
Winged

Red-
Tailed

Unid.
Buteo

Kestrel

Merlin

Pereg.

Other

Total

Weather
Wind/Clouds/Temp

Hours

Observers Present

Sept.
17

6 9 1   3 30 3     710     11   1   774 N 6-14 mph / 50% / 62° 10   Rodney Davis, Duane Fillingame, Brian Hirt, Linwell Booth, Kermit Stover, Deb Beutler, Merilyn Fleshman, Todd West

Sept.
18

2 1       5       477             485 S 2-4 mph / 0% / 74° 8.25   Duane Fillingame, Bob Baker, Rodney Davis, Pat & Debbie Nash, Merilyn Fleshman

Sept.
19

  2     1 10 4   1 284     1       303 NW 3-5 mph / 0% / 74°
 
9.25   Duane Fillingame, Courtney Clemons, J Ray Davis, Rodney Davis, Mark A Morgan, Mark D Morgan, Jim & Judy Phillips
Sept.
20
2 2     2 11       174 8   1     1* 201 N 0-5 mph / 50% / 75° 8.5   Jim Phillips, Bill Thomas, Steve & Carol Croy

Sept.
21

                1 36             37   1.75   Karen Witter

Sept.
22

1 1 1   1 5 3     163     3   1   179   6.5   Mark Morgan

Date

Osprey

Bald
Eagle

Golden
Eagle

Unid.
Eagle

Nor.
Harrier

Sharp
Shinned

Cooper

Unid.
Acc.

Red-
Sholdr

Broad
Winged

Red-
Tailed

Unid.
Buteo

Kestrel

Merlin

Pereg.

Other

Total

Weather
Wind/Clouds/Temp

Hours

Observers Present

Sept.
23

  1 1   1 7 1   1 4 3           19   8  Bill Thomas, Wally Grant, Sharon Kearns

Sept.
25

2 2       32 4     145 1   3 1     190 NW 5-12 mph / 50% / 69° 8.5   Rodney Davis, Alan Rice

Sept.
28

  16     4 49 2     146 1   5   1   225   8.5 Bill Thomas, Vernon Blankenship, Ricky Blankenship

Sept.
29

1 3       6 2     5 1 1 1       20  

6.5

  Todd & Sandy Fenstermacher, Emily & Bill Johnson, Ricky Blankenship

Oct.
01

3 9 1     79 9   1 84 8   6   1   201 NW 15 mph / 10% / 48°

7

  Josh Lipton, Bill Thomas, Brian Hirt, Vernon, Alvin, Ricky & Clarke Blankenship

Oct.
02

            2     2 3           7 SE 6-10 mph / 5% / 52°

6

 Rodney Davis

Date

Osprey

Bald
Eagle

Golden
Eagle

Unid.
Eagle

Nor.
Harrier

Sharp
Shinned

Cooper

Unid.
Acc.

Red-
Sholdr

Broad
Winged

Red-
Tailed

Unid.
Buteo

Kestrel

Merlin

Pereg.

Other

Total

Weather
Wind/Clouds/Temp

Hours

Observers Present

Oct.
03

          2 1     4 1           7   2.5  

Oct.
05

    2     13 2       1           18   3   Alvin & Mary Lou Blankenship

Oct.
06

1         32 3 1         2       39 W 10-20 mph / 90% / 42° 5.5   Alvin & Mary Lou Blankenship, Bill Thomas, Wilson Rankin, Liz Altieri

Oct.
07

  13       40 14   1 1 4   3 2 1   79 NW 10-20 mph / 2% / 55° 9   Mike Griffith, Josh Lipton

Oct.
08

          2 2 9   1 3   5 3 3   28   5.75   Tom Wieboldt, Roy Kirkpatrick, M. Gentry, L. Oganowski

Oct.
09

2 6     1 112 32       15   7   1   176 NW 6-10 mph / 5% / 62° 7.75   Rodney Davis, Sharyn Ogden, Alan Rice

Date

Osprey

Bald
Eagle

Golden
Eagle

Unid.
Eagle

Nor.
Harrier

Sharp
Shinned

Cooper

Unid.
Acc.

Red-
Sholdr

Broad
Winged

Red-
Tailed

Unid.
Buteo

Kestrel

Merlin

Pereg.

Other

Total

Weather
Wind/Clouds/Temp

Hours

Observers Present

Oct.
10

    5     20 15   4 5 6   2 1   4* 62 NE 25 mph / 0% / 65° 6.5   Merilyn Fleshman, Linda & Jack Comeaux

Oct.
11

1 1 1     50 10 3   3 3           72 NE  / 30% / 64° 7   Sharyn Ogden

Oct.
15

1 2       22 6       2   1       34 NW 10 mph / 50% / 50° 6   Wilson Rankin, Bill Thomas, Katy Miller, Joe Freeman

Oct.
16

  2 5     126 29   1   38   5 1     207 NW 5-12 mph / 5% / 48° 8   Wilson Rankin, Sharyn Ogden, Rodney Davis

Oct.
18

  1       4                     5   2   Brenda Thompson, David Oliverio

Oct.
22

  2 3     42 5   5   31   2   1   91 NW 5-10 mph / 0% / 45° 8   Rick Rogers, Wilson Rankin, Bill Thomas

Date

Osprey

Bald
Eagle

Golden
Eagle

Unid.
Eagle

Nor.
Harrier

Sharp
Shinned

Cooper

Unid.
Acc.

Red-
Sholdr

Broad
Winged

Red-
Tailed

Unid.
Buteo

Kestrel

Merlin

Pereg.

Other

Total

Weather
Wind/Clouds/Temp

Hours

Observers Present

Oct.
23

          1         2           3   5.25   Sharyn Ogden

Oct.
24

    1     4 1       7           14 W 3-5 mph / 40% / 62° 5.75   Brian Hirt, Pat & Debbie Nash

Oct.
29

1 5 1     11 3   1   16           38 NW 10-15 mph / 5% / 36° 5.5  Brian Hirt, Bill Thomas

Oct.
30

  4 1     7 5       14     1     32 NW 8-12 mph / 10% / 48° 5.75  Rodney Davis, David White

Nov.
01

    1               8     1     10 SE 0-3 mph / 20% / 28° 3   Jim Phillips

Nov.
06

  1 2     4 3   2   28           40 NW 7-12 mph / 20% / 30°

5.25

  Rodney Davis, Sharyn Ogden

Nov.
08

  1 4     3 2       55   1      

66

NW 12-20 mph / 5% / 45°

8

  Rodney Davis, Brian Hirt

Date

Osprey

Bald
Eagle

Golden
Eagle

Unid.
Eagle

Nor.
Harrier

Sharp
Shinned

Cooper

Unid.
Acc.

Red-
Sholdr

Broad
Winged

Red-
Tailed

Unid.
Buteo

Kestrel

Merlin

Pereg.

Other

Total

Weather
Wind/Clouds/Temp

Hours

Observers Present

Nov.
09

  1 6     7 1   1   43           59 NW 8-10 mph / 5% / 50° 5   Wilson Rankin, Jim Phillips, Rodney Davis
Nov.
10
         

1

       

4

         

5

NW 4-6 mph / 5% / 50° 3.75   Rodney Davis, Brian Hirt
Nov.
11
                   

6

         

6

NW 0-2 mph / 0% / 54° 5.25   Sharyn Ogden, Jim & Judy Phillips
Nov.
13
       

1

1

       

8

         

10

NW 4-6 mph /40% / 55° 4.75   Rodney Davis, Sharyn Ogden
Nov.
18
  2 1     2        

15

         

20

W 5-15 mph /20% / 40° 4.75   Bill Thomas, Sharyn Ogden
Nov.
20
  7 6       2       9           24 W 5-10 mph /50% / 44° 6.5   Sharyn Ogden

Date

Osprey

Bald
Eagle

Golden
Eagle

Unid.
Eagle

Nor.
Harrier

Sharp
Shinned

Cooper

Unid.
Acc.

Red-
Sholdr

Broad
Winged

Red-
Tailed

Unid.
Buteo

Kestrel

Merlin

Pereg.

Other

Total

Weather
Wind/Clouds/Temp

Hours

Observers Present

Nov.
21
   

3

             

8

         

11

SE 7-12 mph /30% / 48° 4.75   Rodney Davis, Brian Hirt
Nov.
27
  4 3   2   2       6           17 NW 8-15 mph /80% / 28° 5.5   Sharyn Ogden, Rodney Davis
Nov.
28
   

1

             

1

         

2

NE 2-4 mph / 0% / 36° 3.5   Brian Hirt
Dec.
11
                   

1

         

1

SE 7-15 mph / 50% / 32° 2   Sharon Ogden

Date

Osprey

Bald
Eagle

Golden
Eagle

Unid.
Eagle

Nor.
Harrier

Sharp
Shinned

Cooper

Unid.
Acc.

Red-
Sholdr

Broad
Winged

Red-
Tailed

Unid.
Buteo

Kestrel

Merlin

Pereg.

Other

Total

Weather
Wind/Clouds/Temp

Hours

Totals

50

137

54

 

19

805

190

13

22

2940

362

1

71

10

10

8

4692

Jim Phillips

340.5

<<Total Hours

* September 12 -  unidentified falcons
* September 15 -  unidentified falcon
* September 20 -  unidentified falcon
* October 10  - unidentified falcons