Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 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 1 23 182
Northern Harrier 1 5 60
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 49 1363
Cooper's Hawk 0 23 327
Northern Goshawk 0 0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 19 53
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 23575
Red-tailed Hawk 20 330 601
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 9 17
American Kestrel 0 0 133
Merlin 0 0 28
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 33
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 21
Unknown Buteo 0 0 6
Unknown Falcon 0 0 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 0 2 30
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 25 465 26656
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Observation start time: 09:45:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 4.25 hours
Official Counter: Multiple Counters
Observers: Gabriel Mapel, Mark Johnson, Pete Nebel
Weather:
Strong NW winds! 12-13C. Blue skies.
Raptor Observations:
Todays immature GE at 10:06am ties our season record of 17 in 1996! Thanks
Mark for being on board for this bird! An adult BE at 3:18pm.
Today had 3 counters: Mark started at 9:40am, Pete then counted from 10:40
to 2pm, and Gabriel showed up for 3:00-3:20pm.
Non-raptor Observations:
2 Pipits flying over. 20 Waxwing. 55 Crow species.
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
