Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 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 96 163
Bald Eagle 12 62 128
Northern Harrier 1 6 12
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 17 25
Cooper's Hawk 0 9 22
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 3 11
Broad-winged Hawk 45 343 598
Red-tailed Hawk 4 47 95
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 2 30 46
Merlin 0 3 5
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: 76 621 1117
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers: Dave Hunter, Vic Laubach
Visitors:
Penny Warren, Lois Kauff, Susie Meddis, Lois McKim, Nelson Lewis, Joe
Glick, Ben/Drew/Matt Pumphrey
Weather:
Strong NW winds most of the day; diminishing to mild NW breezes after 2pm.
Very hazy with cloud cover changing from 100% to 15% throughout the day.
19-27C temps.
Raptor Observations:
Twelve Bald Eagles (11 adult and a 1st-YR). One immature Northern Harrier
at 1:50pm. Most birds flying high.
Non-raptor Observations:
7 Red-headed Woodpecker
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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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