Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 04, 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 5 23 57
Bald Eagle 1 10 30
Northern Harrier 0 1 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 7 20
Cooper's Hawk 2 9 20
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 5 9
Broad-winged Hawk 17 79 313
Red-tailed Hawk 3 10 27
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 32 42 50
Merlin 0 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Accipiter 0 3 3
Unknown Buteo 0 1 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 3
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Total: 64 192 543
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers: Gabriel Mapel, Pete Nebel, Vic Laubach
Visitors:
Bill Crowther, Tom Mizell, Brock Strickler, Jan Meck, Del Kayser, John &
Kim Spitzmiller, Sally Day, Robin Day, Cindy Craig.
Weather:
Mostly sunny with lots of blue sky. Moderate NNW winds early shifting to
light SE breeze after 2pm. 16.7-22.4C.
Raptor Observations:
A good Kestrel day! An adult BE at 3:01pm.
Non-raptor Observations:
2 Hummingbirds. 1 Eastern Kingbird. 1 House Wren. 12 Swifts. 15 Waxwing. A
Raven with one white feather in left wing.
The Virginia Wildlife Center brought an immature Broad-winged Hawk up to
the hawk watch and released it back to the wild this afternoon. The bird
was found in July out of the nest, dehydrated and malnutritioned. They
rehabilitated it and teached it how to hunt food. Good luck little fella!
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
