[Va-bird] Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch (25 Nov 2017) 34 Raptors - New BE record!

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  • Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 12:22:22 -0900

Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 25, 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                   7             87            308
Northern Harrier             1             11             51
Sharp-shinned Hawk           0             74            992
Cooper's Hawk                1             33            251
Northern Goshawk             0              4              9
Red-shouldered Hawk          2             70            107
Broad-winged Hawk            0              0          22341
Red-tailed Hawk             23            299            471
Rough-legged Hawk            0              1              2
Golden Eagle                 0             18             28
American Kestrel             0              1            120
Merlin                       0              5             53
Peregrine Falcon             0              0             34
Unknown Accipiter            0              4             21
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:                      34            615          25064
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Observation start time: 08:15:00 
Observation end   time: 15:00:00 
Total observation time: 6.75 hours

Official Counter:        Vic Laubach

Observers:        

Weather:
Nice day with 10.5-15.2 temp range. Strong WSW winds with mostly cloudy
skies (overcast between 1-2pm). Very clear visibility.

Raptor Observations:
Some Red-tailed Hawks slowly migrating through the gap after pausing to
kite a lot. A female Northern Harrier at 2:20pm. Seven Bald Eagles took us
to a new season record of 308 (previous record from last year was 304). An
adult BE at 10:55 and then a flurry of 6 BEs between 12:50-1:05pm: 2 adults
at 12:50, an adult with a 1st-YR at 12:58, and an adult with a 3rd-YR at
1:05.

Non-raptor Observations:
77 Robin, 9 Raven, 3 American Pipit, 101 Waxwing, 73 RW Blackbird.
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org


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