Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Dec 01, 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 7 7 321
Northern Harrier 0 0 53
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 994
Cooper's Hawk 0 0 251
Northern Goshawk 1 1 10
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 3 110
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 22341
Red-tailed Hawk 8 8 508
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 2
Golden Eagle 2 2 30
American Kestrel 0 0 120
Merlin 0 0 53
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 34
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 22
Unknown Buteo 0 0 14
Unknown Falcon 0 0 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 0 0 29
Mississippi Kite 0 0 3
Total: 21 21 25125
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Observation start time: 10:45:00
Observation end time: 16:15:00
Total observation time: 5.5 hours
Official Counter: Gabriel Mapel
Observers:
Visitors:
Jennifer Jowdy
Weather:
Another nice day with 7.7-12.2C temps. Very few clouds early with no
clouds after 12pm. Moderate NNW Wind early gradually shifting to light
West breezes. Quite hazy in the distance.
Raptor Observations:
Very, very slow until 1pm and then quite a bit of action with plenty of
good birds. Although distant, an adult Northern Goshawk gave some good
scope views as it made its way southward on the west side of the gap at
2:20pm. A subadult Golden Eagle flew down the east side of the gap at 2:48
and was followed by another subadult GE on a similar flight path at 3:00.
Seven Bald Eagles: six adults (1:46, 1:53, 1:53, 2:26, 2:28, 3:10) and one
1st-YR (3:36).
Non-raptor Observations:
60 Waxwings
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Report submitted by Gabriel Mapel (birdmangabriel@xxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
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