Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2018
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 0 21 222
Bald Eagle 0 71 253
Northern Harrier 0 18 49
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1215 1802
Cooper's Hawk 1 227 345
Northern Goshawk 0 4 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 13 28
Broad-winged Hawk 0 1029 23586
Red-tailed Hawk 5 198 254
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 6 12
American Kestrel 1 101 262
Merlin 0 20 71
Peregrine Falcon 0 15 52
Unknown Accipiter 2 11 16
Unknown Buteo 0 1 4
Unknown Falcon 0 1 7
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 0 16 34
Mississippi Kite 0 1 10
Total: 10 2968 27013
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 08:45:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 5.25 hours
Official Counter: John Rowlett
Observers:
Visitors:
Joe Minor
Weather:
Sunny day with 0-5% cloud cover. Strong SSE wind. 3.8-12.2C temps. Clear
visibility.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
1 Monarch, 44 Blue Jay, 1 Purple Finch, 4 Raven, 1 Cape May Warbler
========================================================================
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
