Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 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 3 136 170
Bald Eagle 1 84 104
Northern Harrier 0 21 26
Sharp-shinned Hawk 32 258 271
Cooper's Hawk 7 62 73
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 12 16
Broad-winged Hawk 101 22890 23124
Red-tailed Hawk 6 49 66
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 3 3
American Kestrel 1 39 47
Merlin 0 6 6
Peregrine Falcon 0 4 5
Unknown Accipiter 1 7 7
Unknown Buteo 1 2 3
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 9 12
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Total: 154 23583 23934
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 9.5 hours
Official Counter: Gabriel Mapel
Observers: Rose Thomas, Vic Laubach
Visitors:
Virginia Wildlife Center's rehabilitation class, Daniel Mapel, Penny
Warren, Tom Mizell, Marshall Faintich, Jennifer Jowdy, Marilyn & Lauren
Nash, Andrew Clem and Bill Nettelhorst (returning back to Wisconsin soon. I
was great to see you again this year Bill, and thanks for all your help and
company at the watch!
Weather:
Variable winds today. 10.1-15.3C. Partly cloudy early, mostly cloudy
mid-day and then zero clouds by 3pm.
Raptor Observations:
Immature Bald Eagle at 9:12am. A second immature BE flew east to west and
then disappeared to the north (not counted).
Non-raptor Observations:
10 Monarchs, 1 Ovenbird, 1 Sapsucker, 13 Flicker, 1 Magnolia Warbler, 1
Cape May Warbler, 1 Blackburnian Warbler, 3 Hummingbird, 3 Red-headed
Woodpecker, 6 Scarlet Tanager, 1 Summer Tanager, 369 Blue Jays, 36 Swifts,
38 Waxwing, 8 Tree Swallows.
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
