Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2020
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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 5 45 112
Bald Eagle 5 37 103
Northern Harrier 0 1 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 6 14
Cooper's Hawk 1 7 20
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 9
Broad-winged Hawk 30 139 394
Red-tailed Hawk 1 32 80
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 10 26
Merlin 0 0 2
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 5
Mississippi Kite 1 2 3
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 45 281 777
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 14:30:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Vic Laubach
Observers: Allen Larner, Betty Mooney, Janet Paisley
Visitors:
A good number of visitors today including: Doug Rogers, Susan Alexander,
Kelly Dooley, Penny Warren, Ann Cline, JoAnn Dalley, Mark Kosiowski, Cole
Burrell, Steve Stell, Camille Cook, Jay Higging, Leo Snead Jr.
Weather:
Sunny with no clouds. 16-21C. Mild W breeze.
Raptor Observations:
A fairly slow day of staring into clear blue skies. An adult Mississippi
Kite observed catching dragonflies out to our west over the "hump" giving
everyone good looks. It did a lot of acrobatics before moving south after
about 6 minutes of showing off. Four Bald Eagles: 4 adults and a 2nd-YR.
Non-raptor Observations:
10 Monarch, 13 Swift, 7 hummingbird, 1 Red-headed woodpecker, 1
Black-and-white Warbler, 1 Cape May Warbler, 1 Hooded Warbler, 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler, 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Predictions:
more sun; not more clouds
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
More site information at hawkcount.org:
http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=491
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