Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 02, 2015
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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 0 0 212
Bald Eagle 0 1 181
Northern Harrier 1 5 64
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 19 1424
Cooper's Hawk 0 5 217
Northern Goshawk 0 0 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 28
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 10497
Red-tailed Hawk 0 10 200
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 13
American Kestrel 0 0 187
Merlin 0 0 46
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 40
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 18
Unknown Buteo 0 0 5
Unknown Falcon 0 0 10
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 25
Total: 4 42 13170
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:45:00
Total observation time: 7.75 hours
Official Counter: Gabriel Mapel, Jenn Detweiler
Observers:
Visitors:
Jennifer Jowdy, Mary Mapel.
Weather:
A rain system that was forecast to bring rain to our area remained mostly
to our south but there were plenty of dark, looming clouds at Rockfish Gap
all day with very light drizzles between 1-1:30pm. Light SE Breezes all
morning then light and variable breezes in the afternoon. 13.2-17.3C.
Clear visibility.
Raptor Observations:
So. Very. Slow. One Northern Harrier between 9-10am and three afternoon
Sharp-shinned Hawks. Even the Vulture activity was low today.
Non-raptor Observations:
Another very good non-raptor flight that absolutely out-preformed the
raptors. Birds counted flying over today included 1 Herring Gull, a flock
of 11 Ring-billed Gulls, 599 American Robins, 1,728 Cedar Waxwings, 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler, 156 Red-winged Blackbird, 2 Common Grackle, and 68
American Goldfinches.
Predictions:
Mostly sunny, upper-60s, east wind.
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Report submitted by Gabriel Mapel (birdmangabriel@xxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
