Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2020
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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 0 145 212
Bald Eagle 0 170 236
Northern Harrier 1 17 23
Sharp-shinned Hawk 27 421 429
Cooper's Hawk 5 82 95
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 15 23
Broad-winged Hawk 0 29253 29508
Red-tailed Hawk 0 96 144
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 3 3
American Kestrel 0 92 108
Merlin 1 22 24
Peregrine Falcon 0 14 14
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 5
Unknown Buteo 0 5 5
Unknown Falcon 0 4 4
Unknown Eagle 0 1 1
Unknown Raptor 0 11 15
Mississippi Kite 0 2 3
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 34 30358 30854
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 16:15:00
Total observation time: 8.75 hours
Official Counter: Brenda Tekin, Gabriel Mapel
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Dave Hunter, Gabriel Mapel, Jennifer Jowdy,
Rose Thomas, Vic Laubach
Visitors:
Bob Letts, Gretchen and Jim Lynn (Buckhannon, WV), John Pancake, Lois and
Bill Kauffman, Penny Warren, David White, Harold Jones, Patty Lane, Buddy
Leffers, Mary Mapel, and Huck Hutchens.
Weather:
Light rain early and in the 12-1pm hour. Overcast with dark clouds all
day. Light and variable breezes early and moderate southerly breezes this
afternoon. 13-22C temperature range. Hazy.
Raptor Observations:
Slow but enough Accipiters to keep us entertained. A midday Merlin made a
direct flyover and briefly harassed a Sharp-shinned. Immature Harrier at
3:37. First Raptor: 8:27 SS, Last Raptor: 3:59 SS.
Non-raptor Observations:
A big Blue Jay migration today with 1,617 counted. A high flyover Wilson's
Snipe was a nice surprise. Other sightings included 9 Wood Ducks, 46
Chimney Swifts, 4 Hummingbirds, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 7
Flickers, 201 Tree Swallows, 1 Purple Finch, 3 Cape May Warblers, 1 BT
Green Warbler, 2 Scarlet Tanagers, and 22 Monarch Butterflies.
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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
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