Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 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 6 153 187
Bald Eagle 1 89 109
Northern Harrier 0 23 28
Sharp-shinned Hawk 29 405 418
Cooper's Hawk 4 85 96
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 13 17
Broad-winged Hawk 49 23309 23543
Red-tailed Hawk 2 55 72
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 4 4
American Kestrel 3 48 56
Merlin 0 6 6
Peregrine Falcon 3 9 10
Unknown Accipiter 1 9 9
Unknown Buteo 0 2 3
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 10 13
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Total: 100 24221 24572
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers: Gabriel Mapel
Visitors:
Kim Cook, Andrea Conkle, Jennifer Jowdy, James & Jolleen Wallace
Weather:
Light and variable breezes. 16.6-19.4C. Very cloudy early diminishing to
20% cloudy by 2pm. Clear visibility.
Raptor Observations:
A 3-Peregrine day: 10:57am (age unknown), 12:05pm (immature) and 1:08pm
(adult). Our 4th Golden Eagle (an adult) of the season came through at
11:35am. An immature Bald Eagle at 1:15pm.
Non-raptor Observations:
8 Flickers, 11 Swifts, 1 Red-headed Woodpecker, 404 Blue Jays, 1 Cape May
Warbler, 1 Common Yellowthroat, 1 Monarch.
Predictions:
Nice!
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
