Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2018
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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 9 101 134
Bald Eagle 11 132 139
Northern Harrier 0 20 21
Sharp-shinned Hawk 14 133 136
Cooper's Hawk 3 38 43
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 4 9
Broad-winged Hawk 90 7958 8084
Red-tailed Hawk 0 32 46
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 2
American Kestrel 7 105 112
Merlin 1 37 37
Peregrine Falcon 1 12 12
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 4
Unknown Buteo 0 1 2
Unknown Falcon 0 6 6
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 1 12 15
Mississippi Kite 0 5 6
Total: 138 8603 8809
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Vic Laubach
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Dave Fischer, Dave Hunter, Gabriel Mapel,
Rose Thomas
Visitors:
Max Nootbaar, Conor Farrell, Baxter Beamer, Daniel & Mary Mapel, Jennifer
Jowdy, Ruth Douglas, Ed & Donna Lewis, Doug & Laura Burkett, Randy Cline,
Martha Debons, and some others.
Weather:
The gap was fogged in completely until 1pm. Thus, the count from 8am-1pm
was conducted at the secondary site at Constitution Park in Waynesboro,
then the count from 1-4:30pm was conducted at Rockfish Gap. Mild SSE
breezes. 23.7-28.7C. Poor visibility all morning (3km), which improved to
10km at 2pm and 15km at 4pm. Mostly cloudy.
Raptor Observations:
11 Bald Eagles: 9:59 Ad, 10:08 1YR, 10:24 1YR, 10:35 1YR, 11:42 AD, 12:33
4YR, 2:20 AD, 2:51 AD, 2:56 AD, 3:23 AD, 3:32 3YR. Adult Peregrine Falcon
at 12:41.
Non-raptor Observations:
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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:
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