Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 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 1 148 215
Bald Eagle 0 177 243
Northern Harrier 1 20 26
Sharp-shinned Hawk 51 616 624
Cooper's Hawk 7 112 125
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 19 27
Broad-winged Hawk 3 29301 29556
Red-tailed Hawk 0 102 150
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 3 3
American Kestrel 3 102 118
Merlin 0 24 26
Peregrine Falcon 0 14 14
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 5
Unknown Buteo 1 8 8
Unknown Falcon 0 4 4
Unknown Eagle 0 1 1
Unknown Raptor 1 14 18
Mississippi Kite 0 2 3
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 69 30672 31168
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers: Dave Hunter
Visitors:
Huck Hutchinson, Allen Sharrett, Bob and Michelle Smith, Linda and Rick
Goodling, Betty/Jason/Charles Puffenberger, Danny Hoehne, Jackson and Jen
Skipper, Allen Richardson, Leah Jung.
Weather:
The Gap was never fogged in, but had low dark clouds moving through from
Rockfish Valley to the east all day long. Light south breezes most of the
day. At 3:30pm a bit of rain began. Temperatures 18-24C.
Raptor Observations:
Had a few birds each hour today. A few came over for close views.
Non-raptor Observations:
A Black Bear appeared across the Gap on rockpile 2. 21 Monarchs. 222 Blue
Jay, 4 Red-headed Woodpecker.
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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:
https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=491
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