Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 28, 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 1 58 144
Northern Harrier 2 31 52
Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 1645 2235
Cooper's Hawk 0 206 293
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 9 10
Broad-winged Hawk 0 80 28790
Red-tailed Hawk 4 105 134
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 2
American Kestrel 0 108 293
Merlin 0 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: 24 2379 32362
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Weather:
Cold! Temp. 12.6-14.7C. Very light & variable breezes. Overcast for most of
the day with some dark clouds. Rain threatening but never formed. However,
it began snowing later on in the evening, at 7pm.
Raptor Observations:
Not a lot of action today.
Adult Bald Eagle at 12:04pm.
Two Harriers: 10:25am and 11:11am.
At 10am, another adult Bald Eagle flew in from the NE across the ridge and
proceeded to land down in the trees just to the west toward Waynesboro (in
front of the "hump"). However, this bird could not be counted and was not
sighted again.
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
Cloudy with rain and snow. Cold. Temps nearly steady in the mid to upper
30s. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precip 90%. Some clearing by 6pm.
However, Sunday looks cold but sunny!
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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
