Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 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 3 62 283
Northern Harrier 2 7 47
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 65 983
Cooper's Hawk 0 22 240
Northern Goshawk 0 3 8
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 63 100
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 22341
Red-tailed Hawk 6 235 407
Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 2
Golden Eagle 0 17 27
American Kestrel 0 1 120
Merlin 0 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 0 7 29
Mississippi Kite 0 0 3
Total: 14 492 24941
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Observation start time: 08:15:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7.75 hours
Official Counter: Gabriel Mapel
Observers:
Visitors:
Jennifer Jowdy
Weather:
Moderate WNW Winds early shifting to moderate W winds midday, and then
light SSE Winds late this afternoon. 1.1-11.1C. An entirely blue sky all
day, clear visibility.
Raptor Observations:
A slow day but we had some excitement in the last two hours with great
views of Bald Eagles and Northern Harriers. Three immature BE (2:05
2nd-YR, 2:28 unaged immature, 2:52 3rd-YR). Two NH (2:41 immature, 3:53
adult male). First Raptor: 10:58 RT, Last Raptor: 3:53 NH.
Non-raptor Observations:
8 Snow Geese (one flock containing 7 white-morph and 1 blue-morph birds), 1
Common Loon, 1 DC Cormorant, 2 Ring-billed Gulls, 47 Fish Crows, 5 Horned
Larks, 1 Winter Wren, 3 Bluebirds, 253 Robins, 1,387 Cedar Waxwings, 340 RW
Blackbirds, 1 Pine Siskin, 18 Goldfinches.
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Report submitted by Gabriel Mapel (birdmangabriel@xxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
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