Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 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 8 126 193
Bald Eagle 27 121 187
Northern Harrier 2 11 17
Sharp-shinned Hawk 48 126 134
Cooper's Hawk 13 37 50
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 8 16
Broad-winged Hawk 9062 19418 19673
Red-tailed Hawk 7 74 122
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 2 3 3
American Kestrel 19 78 94
Merlin 3 19 21
Peregrine Falcon 1 4 4
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 5
Unknown Buteo 0 4 4
Unknown Falcon 1 2 2
Unknown Eagle 0 1 1
Unknown Raptor 2 4 8
Mississippi Kite 0 2 3
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 9197 20043 20539
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 17:30:00
Total observation time: 11.5 hours
Official Counter: Vic Laubach
Observers: Allen Larner, Baxter Beamer, Dave Fischer, Dave Hunter,
Gabriel Mapel, Janet Paisley, Jennifer Jowdy, Josh Laubach,
Rose Thomas, Shannon and Chris Updike
Visitors:
Many visitors were present for the big show including: David and Karolyn
Simmons (Chicago, IL), Connor Farrell, Penny Warren, Paul Glass, Daniel
Mapel, Peter Van Acker, Martina Nurdstrand, Seth/Bethany Luggen family, Tom
and Sarah Hurly, Potts family Jim/Pat/Zach, Lois and Charlie, Gib Lewis,
Montey Lewis, Lohn Orr, Sharon Carderelli, Lois McKim, Randy Cline, Carla
Dove, Chris Milensky, Alex and Deanie, Roberta Kellam, Laurie Jones, David,
Lois Kauffman, Mark Kosiewski, Ellison/Beth/Ansel Orcutt, Nan Arthur, Cole
Burelle, Marshall Faintich, Ko-Jen Shih and Chia-Fang Shih (Gordansville,
VA).
Weather:
Moderate W winds early diminishing to mild W breezes. 5-19C temp range.
Very clear visibility with partly to mostly cloudy skies.
Raptor Observations:
Quite a busy day today for counters, observers and visitors! A huge
Broad-wing flight with a big push at the end of the day. Hourly Broad-wing
counts: 319 (8-9am), 612 (9-10am), 1044 (10-11am), 1091 (11-12pm), 282
(12-1pm), 948 (1-2pm), 1158 (2-3pm), 429 (3-4pm), 2263 (4-5pm), 916
(5-5:30pm). The morning Broad-wings were mostly to the west, the mid-day
birds were more overhead, the afternoon birds were distant to the east, and
then the late birds were just to our north. Hundreds of Broad-wings were
dropping down into the forest just to our north at the end of the day,
which should bring a nice lift-off in the morning. 27 Bald Eagles (23 AD, 1
2Y, 1 imm, 2 unaged). Two adult Golden Eagles (1:47pm and 2:25pm).
Non-raptor Observations:
80 Monarchs. 7 hummingbird, 24 Chimney Swift, 21 Red-headed Woodpecker, 85
Tree Swallow, 2 Purple Finch, 635 Grackle, 6 Tennessee Warbler, 8 Cape May
Warbler, 1 Blackpoll Warbler, 6 Scarlet Tanager, 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
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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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