Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 24, 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 30 189
Northern Harrier 0 6 61
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 51 1365
Cooper's Hawk 1 25 329
Northern Goshawk 1 1 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 26 60
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 23575
Red-tailed Hawk 6 376 647
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 13 21
American Kestrel 0 0 133
Merlin 0 0 28
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 33
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 21
Unknown Buteo 0 1 7
Unknown Falcon 0 0 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 0 5 33
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 12 539 26730
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Observation start time: 08:45:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6.25 hours
Official Counter: Gabriel Mapel
Observers:
Visitors:
Eve Gaige, Mary Mapel
Weather:
Coldest day of the season so far (-3.2-1.9C)! Severe NW winds! Mostly
sunny.
Raptor Observations:
A fairly slow day until the last two birds: an immature Northern Harrier
(1:50) and an immature Golden Eagle (2:03). An adult BE at 9:59am.
Non-raptor Observations:
15 Canada Geese, 5 Tundra Swan, 15 Horned Lark, 7 Raven, 1 DCCormorant.
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
