Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 30, 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 0 91 273
Northern Harrier 0 23 54
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1407 1994
Cooper's Hawk 0 255 373
Northern Goshawk 0 8 9
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 26 41
Broad-winged Hawk 0 1030 23587
Red-tailed Hawk 2 387 443
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 8 14
American Kestrel 1 113 274
Merlin 1 25 76
Peregrine Falcon 0 16 53
Unknown Accipiter 0 15 20
Unknown Buteo 0 3 6
Unknown Falcon 0 1 7
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 0 19 37
Mississippi Kite 0 1 10
Total: 6 3449 27494
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Observation start time: 10:15:00
Observation end time: 13:15:00
Total observation time: 3 hours
Official Counter: Dave Hunter
Observers:
Weather:
Clear and cool, with good visibility. Partly cloudy with strong W winds
(5-6) on arrival, which after two hours began to diminish and shift to WSW,
taking all cloud cover with them.
Raptor Observations:
Only the falcons were reasonably close; all the others were high or
distant. Merlin in the 12-1pm hour.
Non-raptor Observations:
5 surprise monarchs, 37 tree swallows.
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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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