Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 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 1 22 222
Northern Harrier 0 5 75
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 90 2317
Cooper's Hawk 3 28 368
Northern Goshawk 0 0 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 28 64
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 17238
Red-tailed Hawk 16 313 519
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 7 9
American Kestrel 0 2 267
Merlin 0 3 25
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 20
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 17
Unknown Buteo 1 3 15
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 2 20
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 30 504 21455
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Observation start time: 08:45:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7.25 hours
Official Counter: Gabriel Mapel
Observers: Dan Perkuchin, Mark Johnson
Visitors:
Mary Mapel, Allen Larner, Marshall Faintich
Weather:
Brisk (20-28km/hr) NW winds throughout day. 5.4-12C. Mostly cloudy in
morning (70%) turning completely cloudless by noon. Some fog in the first
hour.
Raptor Observations:
Adult BE at 12:50pm and an immature GE at 3:35pm. First bird was a 9:29am
RT and last birds was a 3:35pm GE.
Non-raptor Observations:
7 Siskins, 3 Ravens, 1 lone American Pipit at 11am followed by a flock of
11 at 12:54pm, heading west through the gap.
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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
