Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 05, 2015
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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 1 213
Bald Eagle 2 3 183
Northern Harrier 2 9 68
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 32 1437
Cooper's Hawk 2 10 222
Northern Goshawk 0 0 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 5 33
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 10497
Red-tailed Hawk 13 33 223
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 14
American Kestrel 0 0 187
Merlin 0 1 47
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 40
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 18
Unknown Buteo 0 0 5
Unknown Falcon 0 0 10
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 25
Total: 28 97 13225
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers:
Visitors:
Andrew Clem, 10 students from Bridgewater College.
Weather:
Mostly sunny and warm. 15.7-19.7C. Very light S breezes.
Raptor Observations:
Two Bald Eagles: 12:33pm adult and 1:30pm immature. Two Harriers (1 male &
1 female) flew through together at 10:02am.
Non-raptor Observations:
2 Monarchs, 165 Cedar Waxwing, 170 Red-winged Blackbird. Our leucistic
Turkey Vulture paid a visit today.
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
