Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 24, 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 0 24 224
Northern Harrier 0 7 77
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 91 2318
Cooper's Hawk 0 30 370
Northern Goshawk 0 0 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 28 64
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 17238
Red-tailed Hawk 8 346 552
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 8 10
American Kestrel 0 2 267
Merlin 0 4 26
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 20
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 17
Unknown Buteo 0 3 15
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 2 20
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 9 546 21497
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Observation start time: 08:45:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 5.25 hours
Official Counter: Gabriel Mapel
Observers:
Visitors:
Mary & Daniel Mapel
Weather:
Partly cloudy becoming mostly sunny after noon. Brisk (29-38km/hr) NW
winds. 1.0-3.7C temps.
Raptor Observations:
With hopes of a cold NW front moving in overnight with strong NW winds,
Gabriel put in a few hours in hopes of finding some late season migrants.
His efforts ended with 8 Red-tailed Hawks and a Sharp-shinned Hawk.
Non-raptor Observations:
Probably a first for Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, a flock of 12 Red Crossbills
flew southeast through the gap and gave good looks. A lone Tundra Swan
spotted flying southeast at 9am.
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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
