Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 21, 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 31 211
Northern Harrier 0 16 75
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 78 1483
Cooper's Hawk 3 29 241
Northern Goshawk 0 2 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 23 51
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 10497
Red-tailed Hawk 40 341 531
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 5 17
American Kestrel 0 0 187
Merlin 0 1 47
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 40
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 18
Unknown Buteo 0 2 7
Unknown Falcon 0 0 10
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 5 30
Total: 51 535 13663
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Vic Laubach
Observers:
Visitors:
Matt Gingerich (Linville, VA) stopped by for a bit. Matt was the person who
reported seeing over 2,500 Broad-winged Hawks at Reddish Knob this past
September 23 over a 2-hour period. Too bad you left before the Golden Eagle
flew by today Matt!
Weather:
Sunny with no clouds (but lots of jet contrails). Temperature range 0-4.5C.
Mild East winds. Very clear visibility.
Raptor Observations:
Constant trickle of raptors each hour of the day. A juvenile Golden Eagle
flew slowly by at 2:10pm with a big crop giving super looks. All raptors
today flew southward down the east side of the mountain, with a few flying
directly overhead (none to the west). Some of the Red-tails would take
forever to finally fly southward!
Non-raptor Observations:
A hot-air balloon to the east welcomed me when I arrived at 8:30am.
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
