Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 17, 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 22 173
Northern Harrier 1 10 63
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 83 2328
Cooper's Hawk 0 13 310
Northern Goshawk 0 0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 35 47
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 28790
Red-tailed Hawk 2 309 491
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 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 2 6
Total: 3 479 32917
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Observation start time: 10:00:00
Observation end time: 12:00:00
Total observation time: 2 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Weather:
Cold. Some rain as well as a little snow early. Cloudy and overcast with
some clearing late in the day.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
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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
