Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 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 7 60 300
Bald Eagle 2 14 100
Northern Harrier 1 3 24
Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 76 666
Cooper's Hawk 3 16 103
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 1
Broad-winged Hawk 20 46 28756
Red-tailed Hawk 1 13 42
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 1 15 200
Merlin 0 0 10
Peregrine Falcon 0 4 22
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 2
Unknown Buteo 0 0 4
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 43 248 30231
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Observation start time: 10:30:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Weather:
NW winds of 20-28km/hr, partly cloudy, temp. 14-16C.
Raptor Observations:
2 juvenile Bald Eagles at 10:30am and 2:45pm.
Non-raptor Observations:
4 Canada Geese.
32 Monarchs.
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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
