Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 26, 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 4 91 312
Northern Harrier 0 11 51
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 74 992
Cooper's Hawk 0 33 251
Northern Goshawk 0 4 9
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 70 107
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 22341
Red-tailed Hawk 22 321 493
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: 26 641 25090
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Observation start time: 08:45:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6.25 hours
Official Counter: Vic Laubach
Observers:
Visitors:
Betty Mooney, Elsa and Mike Holekstra with Claudia Testa (Richmond)
Weather:
Nice day with 6.0-11.3 temps and partly cloudy skies. Very strong NW winds
early diminishing to moderate and then light NW winds by noon. Clear
visibility.
Raptor Observations:
Four more Bald Eagles takes us to a new season high of 312. A family of 3
BE (two adults and a 1st-YR) passed down the west side at 11:50am and then
a lone 1st-YR BE passed by slow and low directly overhead at 2:12pm giving
great photo opps!
Non-raptor Observations:
7 Raven, 12 Fish Crow, 25 Robin, 20 Waxwing.
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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
