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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