Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 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 0 1 152
Northern Harrier 0 1 54
Sharp-shinned Hawk 17 42 2287
Cooper's Hawk 2 3 300
Northern Goshawk 0 0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 10 22
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 28790
Red-tailed Hawk 39 86 268
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: 63 143 32581
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers: Pete Nebel, Vic Laubach
Visitors:
Peter Clark
Weather:
Another sunny, warm day. Temp. 19.2-18.9C. Light SE breezes. Low humidity
42-36%.
Raptor Observations:
More Red-Tailed Hawks are moving as well as Red-Shouldered.
Non-raptor Observations:
6 Ducks (species unknown).
35 Red-winged Blackbirds.
25 Cedar Waxwings.
1 Belted Kingfisher.
1 Common Loon.
9 Monarch butterflies.
Predictions:
Chance of a shower or two during the morning, followed by partly cloudy
skies in the afternoon. High near 55F. Winds NNE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 30%.
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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
