Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 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 7 143 177
Bald Eagle 3 87 107
Northern Harrier 1 22 27
Sharp-shinned Hawk 62 320 333
Cooper's Hawk 10 72 83
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 12 16
Broad-winged Hawk 332 23222 23456
Red-tailed Hawk 0 49 66
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 3 3
American Kestrel 3 42 50
Merlin 0 6 6
Peregrine Falcon 1 5 6
Unknown Accipiter 1 8 8
Unknown Buteo 0 2 3
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 9 12
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Total: 420 24003 24354
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:15:00
Total observation time: 8.25 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers: Gabriel Mapel, Vic Laubach
Visitors:
Tom Mizell plus 2 others (can't read handwriting).
Weather:
Light breezes: SE early, WNW midday and SE after 2pm. 16.8-17.9C. 95-100%
cloud cover through 11am, 10% cloudy at noon and clear blue skies after
1pm.
Raptor Observations:
Adult Peregrine Falcon at 10:22am. Three BE: 11:38am adult and 1:02 &
2:59pm immatures. Most BW (259) came through between 11-12. First bird was
8:16am SS. Last bird was 3:51pm BW. An adult BE appeared over Bear Den
towers and proceeded to dissapear to the NW (not counted).
Non-raptor Observations:
346 Blue Jays, 16 Flickers, 4 Ravens, 3 DC Cormorants, 2 Hummingbirds, 20
Swifts, 26 Waxwings, 15 Monarchs.
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
