Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 07, 2012
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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 0 275
Bald Eagle 0 18 218
Northern Harrier 1 5 75
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 83 2310
Cooper's Hawk 0 22 362
Northern Goshawk 0 0 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 21 57
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 17238
Red-tailed Hawk 32 238 444
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 5 7
American Kestrel 0 2 267
Merlin 0 2 24
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 20
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 17
Unknown Buteo 0 2 14
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 2 20
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 43 401 21352
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Weather:
Brisk 29-38km/hr) NW winds. Cold 6-8C temps. Overcast all day.
Raptor Observations:
Immature Golden Eagle at 10:52am. First bird was a group of 4 RT at 9:46am.
Last bird was a 3:20pm RS.
Non-raptor Observations:
42 Robins, 3 Ravens
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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
