Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2013
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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 0 0 220
Bald Eagle 4 4 163
Northern Harrier 0 0 55
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 10 1324
Cooper's Hawk 3 3 307
Northern Goshawk 0 0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 2 36
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 23575
Red-tailed Hawk 26 26 297
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 8
American Kestrel 0 0 133
Merlin 0 0 28
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 32
Unknown Accipiter 1 1 18
Unknown Buteo 0 0 6
Unknown Falcon 0 0 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 0 0 28
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 46 46 26237
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Observation start time: 13:00:00
Observation end time: 16:15:00
Total observation time: 3.25 hours
Official Counter: Gabriel Mapel
Observers: Vic Laubach
Visitors:
Mary Mapel
Weather:
Warm, 18.4C. Moderate SW wind at 1pm, diminishing to light after 3pm.
Mostly sunny.
Raptor Observations:
An adult, dark-morph, Western subspecies of Red-tailed Hawk flew southward
on east side of the gap at 2:20pm. It first appeared high over Bear Den
towers where we could easily see all dark underneath (which baffled us for
a few seconds at first), but then it reduced altitude and flew by low out
to our east where we could easily see the red upper tail color, marking it
as an adult.
Four Bald Eagles: a 1:46 adult and three immatures at 3:39, 3:53 and 4:13.
Non-raptor Observations:
2 late Tree Swallows, 3 Raven, 48 Waxwing, 2 Monarchs.
Predictions:
Nice with good Western winds
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
