Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 26, 2015
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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 1 213
Bald Eagle 2 58 238
Northern Harrier 0 17 76
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 91 1496
Cooper's Hawk 1 37 249
Northern Goshawk 0 3 6
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 35 63
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 10497
Red-tailed Hawk 1 405 595
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 10 22
American Kestrel 0 0 187
Merlin 0 1 47
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 40
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 18
Unknown Buteo 1 3 8
Unknown Falcon 0 0 10
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 5 30
Total: 6 667 13795
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Observation start time: 12:00:00
Observation end time: 14:45:00
Total observation time: 2.75 hours
Official Counter: Gabriel Mapel
Observers:
Visitors:
Scott Williams, and Daniel Mapel.
Weather:
Very different from the past number of days with overcast skies with just a
few periods of blue sky and sunshine and warmer temperature (13.8-15.0C).
Mild SE Breezes. Very clear visibility.
Raptor Observations:
No coverage available for morning shift but a few raptors moving through
during the early afternoon. Definite highlight was the pair of adult Bald
Eagles that flew slow and low overhead within minutes of arriving at
12:06pm. Everything including most of the Vultures abandoned the sky
shortly after the last migrant raptor, a Cooper's Hawk at 1:20.
Non-raptor Observations:
95 Fish Crows, 128 Cedar Waxwings, 11 Robins, 1 Rusty Blackbird, 17
Goldfinches.
Predictions:
Warm and mostly sunny with south winds.
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Report submitted by Gabriel Mapel (birdmangabriel@xxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
