Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 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 0 106 346
Bald Eagle 3 57 143
Northern Harrier 2 29 50
Sharp-shinned Hawk 49 1629 2219
Cooper's Hawk 2 206 293
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 8 9
Broad-winged Hawk 0 80 28790
Red-tailed Hawk 0 101 130
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 2
American Kestrel 4 108 293
Merlin 2 14 24
Peregrine Falcon 0 9 27
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 3
Unknown Buteo 0 1 5
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 4 4
Total: 62 2355 32338
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Observation start time: 08:15:00
Observation end time: 13:15:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers: Pete Nebel
Weather:
Light WNW breezes, mostly cloudy. Warm with temp. 18.9-20.7C.
Raptor Observations:
The two Merlins today pushed us to a new season record of 24! The previous
season record was 23 in 2003.
Three Bald Eagles: 10:10am juvenile, 11:50am adult, and 12:30pm adult.
Non-raptor Observations:
A Kingfisher flew through the gap in the morning.
Several groups of Cedar Waxwings, one of 30+ and one of 20+ birds.
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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
