Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 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 2 14 165
Northern Harrier 0 6 59
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 73 2318
Cooper's Hawk 1 9 306
Northern Goshawk 0 0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 33 45
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 28790
Red-tailed Hawk 18 268 450
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 4
American Kestrel 0 1 294
Merlin 0 1 26
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 1 5
Total: 26 408 32846
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Weather:
Sunny, clear skies. Light SE breezes. Temp. 19.7-21.2C.
Raptor Observations:
Two Bald Eagles: adult at 11:37am and juvenile at 1:38pm. No raptors
sighted until after 10am.
Non-raptor Observations:
6 Monarchs.
Red-winged Blackbirds: two flocks of 20 and 30.
5 Cedar Waxwings.
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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
