Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 12, 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 15 195
Northern Harrier 0 16 75
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 57 1462
Cooper's Hawk 0 14 226
Northern Goshawk 0 1 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 7 35
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 10497
Red-tailed Hawk 3 129 319
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 3 15
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 2 27
Total: 4 247 13375
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Weather:
Fairly warm 9.3-13.7C with moderate East Winds early shifting to South and
eventually SW. 100% clouds early gradually decreasing to only 25% cloud
cover. Clear visibility.
Raptor Observations:
A very very slow day with no raptors for the first five hours! The
highlight bird was an immature Golden Eagle that slowly rose up on the east
side of the gap at 1:25pm, gaining height, proceeding to fly west across
the ridge in front of counter Rose Thomas, before sailing south down the
west side of the gap at 1:35.
At 1:46 an immature Bald Eagle rose in the same area but it went north over
the ridge and was not counted.
Non-raptor Observations:
65 Cedar Waxwings
Predictions:
Sunny, 50s, strong west 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
