Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 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 7 120 154
Bald Eagle 4 56 76
Northern Harrier 0 16 21
Sharp-shinned Hawk 25 136 149
Cooper's Hawk 5 36 47
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 10 14
Broad-winged Hawk 2740 13094 13328
Red-tailed Hawk 5 37 54
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 2
American Kestrel 0 29 37
Merlin 0 5 5
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 3
Unknown Accipiter 1 6 6
Unknown Buteo 0 1 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 5 8
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Total: 2787 13556 13907
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 17:15:00
Total observation time: 10.25 hours
Official Counter: Gabriel Mapel
Observers: Allen Larner, Brenda Tekin, Vic Laubach, William Leigh
Visitors:
Many visitors (about 30 in total) including Jennifer Jowdy, Janet Paisley,
Walt Childs, Marshall Faintich, Eve Gaige, John Shea, Susan Hastings, Bill
Nettelhorst, Lysanne Taylor (WV), Daniel Mapel, Peter Van Acker, Emily
Hancock, Andrew Clem.
Weather:
Mild and variable winds today, largely from E, NE or SE. 12.7-19.1C. Partly
cloudy in the morning turning to mostly cloudy in afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
Today was a very nice follow-up from yesterday. Early morning risers in the
first several hours were followed by some slow hours. Things then picked up
again in late afternoon. A really big push of BW came in the 3-5pm period
with numerous kettles appearing to the east, and then the 4-5pm hour had
birds streaming in low overhead from kettles to the NE. Hourly BW count: 3
(7-8), 156 (8-9), 98 (9-10), 25 (10-11), 19 (11-12), 304 (12-1), 94 (1-2),
50 (2-3), 735 (3-4), 1256 (4-5).
Four BE: 2 adults (10:20am, 12:37pm) and 2 immatures (10:56am, 11:12am).
First bird (7:32am BW). Last bird (5:12pm OS).
Non-raptor Observations:
80 Swifts. 5 Hummingbirds. 2 Red-headed Woodpecker. 785 Blue Jay. 2 Raven.
12 Waxwing.
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
