Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2017
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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 0 227
Bald Eagle 21 59 280
Northern Harrier 0 5 45
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 64 982
Cooper's Hawk 2 22 240
Northern Goshawk 1 3 8
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 61 98
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 22341
Red-tailed Hawk 63 229 401
Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 2
Golden Eagle 0 17 27
American Kestrel 0 1 120
Merlin 1 5 53
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 34
Unknown Accipiter 0 3 20
Unknown Buteo 0 1 14
Unknown Falcon 0 0 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 2 7 29
Mississippi Kite 0 0 3
Total: 92 478 24927
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Observation start time: 08:15:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7.75 hours
Official Counter: Vic Laubach
Observers: Diane Lepkowski, Greg Moyers, Mark Johnson, William Leigh
Visitors:
Tom Hedrich (Deleware), Debbie Harrison, Bert Harris, Betty Mooney, Carolyn
Sedgwick
Weather:
Beautiful day with very strong (50-60km/hr) and gusty WNW winds. 7.1-8.6C
temp. Partly cloudy early and mostly cloudy after 2pm. Terrific clouds
helped searching for those high raptors. Very clear visibility. Lots of
snow showers throughout the day could be viewed out the the west in the
Allegheny Mountains.
Raptor Observations:
A fun Bald Eagle day with many passing through in groups: 8:40 (3rd-YR),
9:25 (three AD), 10:46 (1st-YR, two 2nd-YR), 12:03 (two AD, 2nd-YR,
3rd-YR), 12:20 (AD), 12:31 (AD), 12:40 (4th-YR), 12:53 (2nd-YR), 1:34 (AD,
2nd-YR, 4th-YR), 2:34 (two AD), 3:30 (AD). Adult Northern Goshawk at 11:26.
First raptor 8:20am RT. Last raptor 3:50pm Merlin.
Non-raptor Observations:
We had some fun non-raptors today starting off with a Pine Warbler at
8:30am. 1 Snow Goose. 2 Greater White-fronted Goose, 5 Wood Duck, 123 DC
Cormorant (3 separate flocks), 6 Raven, 133 Cedar Waxwing, 25 Red-winged
Blackbird.
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
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