Since 1952, Hanging Rock has been a monitoring point
for hawk, eagle, falcon, and osprey migration along the birds'
eastern route.
Recently,
Jack Flouer located some photos of the old tower as it looked in 1952. These
have been added to the main photo page.
| Our largest one day count for golden eagles was set on November 16 when 9 were sighted in less than 4 hours. That pushed our yearly total to a record 28. |
2009 Count Data posted through 11-29 |
| Thanks goes to the U S Forest Service in Blacksburg, VA for the improvements made to the tower recently. |
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The
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| Rick Paulson recently submitted a
bald eagle and some great photos of a
red-shouldered hawk. Thanks.
Thanks also to Fred Mannocchi for submitting albino red-tail photos |
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Planning your first trip to the tower? Here are some things you need to know. |
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History ... Brief history of Hanging Rock with articles written by George Hurley and Doug Wood |
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Counts ... Migration count data from 1959 to present. Record counts ... Daily and yearly record totals Count data comparison ... Gives peak of migration dates, earliest and latest sightings for each species and compares count data from 1974 through 2003
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Peters Mountain Roar |
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Comments ... Read
comments left by visitors, or, submit your own
Updated 01-08-2010 |
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e-mail ... Questions, suggestions, submissions |
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Links ... Links to sites of interest. Most recent links added: Wild Bird Food Direct and Street End Feeds |
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Directions to the Tower ... How to find us. Directions from Gap Mills, Waiteville and Rock Camp, West Virginia and from Paintbank and Blacksburg, Virginia
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| Miscellaneous Looking for something that used to be on the home page? It may have been moved here. |
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RLD |
January 08 , 2009 |
