Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 02, 2013
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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 0 220
Bald Eagle 2 6 165
Northern Harrier 3 3 58
Sharp-shinned Hawk 19 29 1343
Cooper's Hawk 15 18 322
Northern Goshawk 0 0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 7 41
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 23575
Red-tailed Hawk 90 116 387
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 3 3 11
American Kestrel 0 0 133
Merlin 0 0 28
Peregrine Falcon 1 1 33
Unknown Accipiter 1 2 19
Unknown Buteo 0 0 6
Unknown Falcon 0 0 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 0 0 28
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 139 185 26376
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Vic Laubach
Observers: Allen Larner, Gabriel Mapel
Visitors:
Janet Paisley
Weather:
Strong W winds. 14-15.2C. Mostly sunny.
Raptor Observations:
Three Golden Eagles: 9:59 immature, 3:00 2nd-YR, 3:23 immature. Two adult
Bald Eagles: 2:15 and 3:47. A Peregrine at 10:28.
Non-raptor Observations:
Several big flocks of Grackles totaling 6,100. 3 Northern Pintails flying
eastward. 77 American Crows. 17 Ravens. 7 Horned Larks. 426 Robins. 420
Waxwings. 117 Red-winged Blackbirds. 1 Red Bat. 2 Monarchs.
Predictions:
Nice
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
