Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 28, 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 0 30 189
Northern Harrier 1 7 62
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 51 1365
Cooper's Hawk 0 25 329
Northern Goshawk 0 1 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 27 61
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 23575
Red-tailed Hawk 4 380 651
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 14 22
American Kestrel 0 0 133
Merlin 0 0 28
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 33
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 21
Unknown Buteo 1 2 8
Unknown Falcon 0 0 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 0 5 33
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 8 547 26738
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Observation start time: 12:00:00
Observation end time: 14:30:00
Total observation time: 2.5 hours
Official Counter: Gabriel Mapel
Observers:
Visitors:
Daniel Mapel
Weather:
Moderate NW winds. 0-(-0.8)C. Sunny.
Raptor Observations:
Sub-adult Golden Eagle 12:21pm. Adult male Northern Harrier 12:46pm.
Non-raptor Observations:
5 Raven, 18 American Pipit. 3 Tundra Swan.
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
