Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 21, 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 0 62 283
Northern Harrier 1 8 48
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 66 984
Cooper's Hawk 2 24 242
Northern Goshawk 0 3 8
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 63 100
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 22341
Red-tailed Hawk 2 237 409
Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 2
Golden Eagle 1 18 28
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: 7 499 24948
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Observation start time: 13:00:00
Observation end time: 16:15:00
Total observation time: 3.25 hours
Official Counter: Gabriel Mapel
Observers:
Visitors:
Dave Hunter, Jennifer Jowdy
Weather:
No morning coverage available. A mild afternoon with light ESE Winds,
13.0-10.8C temps, mostly cloudy becoming partly cloudy skies, and clear
visibility.
Raptor Observations:
Slow as expected on ESE Winds. An adult Golden Eagle migrated south down
the west side of the gap at 2:27pm after circling for several minutes
offering very nice views. Immature Harrier at 3:45.
Non-raptor Observations:
16 Fish Crows, 6 Robins, 175 Waxwings, 1 Chipping Sparrow.
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Report submitted by Gabriel Mapel (birdmangabriel@xxxxxxxxx)
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
