Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 2018
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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 21 222
Bald Eagle 2 91 273
Northern Harrier 0 23 54
Sharp-shinned Hawk 15 1406 1993
Cooper's Hawk 6 255 373
Northern Goshawk 0 8 9
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 25 40
Broad-winged Hawk 0 1030 23587
Red-tailed Hawk 25 385 441
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 8 14
American Kestrel 1 112 273
Merlin 1 24 75
Peregrine Falcon 0 16 53
Unknown Accipiter 4 15 20
Unknown Buteo 1 3 6
Unknown Falcon 0 1 7
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 0 19 37
Mississippi Kite 0 1 10
Total: 57 3443 27488
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Observation start time: 10:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 5.5 hours
Official Counter: John Rowlett
Observers: Dave Hunter
Visitors:
Jackie and David Williams, Stephen Marguleis, Carol and Nancy Wise.
Weather:
In John's words: "Conditions were splendid today, with superb visibility,
beautiful cloud cover, fairly strong W winds all day." 17-15C temps. Partly
cloudy early becoming mostly cloudy after noon.
Raptor Observations:
A pair of adult Bald Eagles at 2:04pm. A Merlin at 1:10pm.
Non-raptor Observations:
Among other sightings, our nicest was a tight group of 13 Gadwall that
appeared distantly over Waynesboro and flew directly over us eastward. In
addition, we had 12 Purple Finch, 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 30 Waxwing, and
1 Chipping Sparrow.
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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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