Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 06, 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 1 213
Bald Eagle 0 3 183
Northern Harrier 5 14 73
Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 43 1448
Cooper's Hawk 0 10 222
Northern Goshawk 1 1 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 33
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 10497
Red-tailed Hawk 6 39 229
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 14
American Kestrel 0 0 187
Merlin 0 1 47
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: 23 120 13248
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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:
Visitors:
Andrew Sharp, Linda ?, Mary Lou Richardson, Mary Harshfield, Sonya Regan.
Weather:
Very warm with 18.0-22.2C temps. Light S winds becoming variable after 1pm.
Fog moving through the gap at 8am (east to west). However, when clouds
became visible they were moving west to east. Mostly cloudy through noon,
and partly cloudy after noon. Good visibility.
Raptor Observations:
Our 4th Northern Goshawk (unaged) of the season passed by at 1:05pm. Two
adult Bald Eagles moves SW to NE in the morning but could not be counted.
Non-raptor Observations:
Leucistic Turkey Vulture visited today. Small groups of Cedar Waxwings
passing through the gap all day (500+ total).
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
