Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 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 8 167
Northern Harrier 0 3 58
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 33 1347
Cooper's Hawk 0 18 322
Northern Goshawk 0 0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 8 42
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 23575
Red-tailed Hawk 72 188 459
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 3 11
American Kestrel 0 0 133
Merlin 0 0 28
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 33
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 19
Unknown Buteo 0 0 6
Unknown Falcon 0 0 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 1 1 29
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 80 265 26456
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Visitors:
Nelson Lewis, Janet Paisley, Betty Mooney, Karen Knight
Weather:
Strong-to-very strong NNW winds. 7.4-12.2C. Mostly sunny.
Raptor Observations:
A pair of immature Bald Eagles at 1:38pm.
Non-raptor Observations:
290 Robins, 230 Waxwings, 1 Cormmorant, 53 swans (species unknown, 3
groups: 27, 5, 20).
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
