Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 02, 2011
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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 0 347
Bald Eagle 1 1 152
Northern Harrier 1 1 54
Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 25 2270
Cooper's Hawk 0 1 298
Northern Goshawk 0 0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 5 17
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 28790
Red-tailed Hawk 32 47 229
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 2
American Kestrel 0 0 293
Merlin 0 0 25
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 27
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 3
Unknown Buteo 0 0 5
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 4
Total: 59 80 32518
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:15:00
Total observation time: 7.25 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers: Gabriel Mapel
Visitors:
David Wohleaf
Weather:
Sunny, blue skies. Warm temps 16.0-19.2C. Light SSE breezes.
Raptor Observations:
No birds sighted before 10am. Adult Bald Eagle at 11:05am. N. Harrier at
12:46pm.
Non-raptor Observations:
30+ Cedar Waxwings.
50+ Red-winged Blackbirds.
2 Yellow-rumped Warblers.
2 Pileated Woodpeckers.
Several flocks (>50 each) of Robins.
Belted Kingfisher.
4 Monarch butterflies.
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
