Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 09, 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 14 165
Northern Harrier 2 8 61
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 75 2320
Cooper's Hawk 0 9 306
Northern Goshawk 0 0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 35 47
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 28790
Red-tailed Hawk 15 283 465
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 3 5
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: 22 430 32868
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Observation start time: 10:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 5.5 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Visitors:
Tom Mizzel, Peter Clark
Weather:
Another beautiful fall day. Mostly sunny all day with a few clouds
appearing by 3pm. Light SE breezes. Temp. 17.6-21.5C.
Raptor Observations:
Immature Golden Eagle at 12:48pm.
Two Norther Harriers: 10:40am and 1:30pm. One Harrier was being harassed
by a Raven.
An adult Bald Eagle spotted flying north over the Bear Den towers (not
counted).
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
Mostly cloudy. High 53F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph. The cool NW winds on Thur
and Fri should bring in more Red-tailed Hawks.
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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
