Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 09, 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 0 61 128
Bald Eagle 0 41 107
Northern Harrier 0 2 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 8 16
Cooper's Hawk 0 7 20
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 9
Broad-winged Hawk 0 166 421
Red-tailed Hawk 0 35 83
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 5 18 34
Merlin 0 0 2
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1
Unknown Buteo 0 2 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 5
Mississippi Kite 0 2 3
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 6 344 840
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Observation start time: 12:15:00
Observation end time: 13:45:00
Total observation time: 1.5 hours
Official Counter: Gabriel Mapel
Observers: Vic Laubach
Weather:
A tough day with fog, drizzles, and/or rain present at Rockfish Gap for
most of the day. We were able to squeeze in a bit of counting during a
fairly dry spell this afternoon before the next wave of bad weather came
in. Light SE Winds and 25-27C temps.
Raptor Observations:
Some Vultures flying this afternoon but not many raptors (not even local
Red-tails), though we were pleasantly surprised to have a nice Kestrel
flight on the west side of the gap with five between 12:30-1:15.
Non-raptor Observations:
3 Common Nighthawks, 45 Chimney Swifts, 3 Hummingbirds, 6 Tree Swallows,
and 2 Monarchs.
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Report submitted by Gabriel Mapel (birdmangabriel@xxxxxxxxx)
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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