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Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 2004
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
BV                           0              0              0
TV                           0              0              0
OS                           0              3             96
BE                           1              2             21
NH                           2              3             17
SS                           9            164            462
CH                           1             22             57
NG                           0              0              0
RS                           0              1              3
BW                           1             11           4580
RT                           2              3             44
RL                           0              0              0
GE                           1              1              3
AK                           0              9             42
ML                           0              1              7
PG                           0              2              8
UA                           0              1              6
UB                           0              0              4
UF                           0              0              5
UE                           0              0              0
UR                           4              4             13

Total:                      21            227           5368
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Observation start time: 08:00:00 
Observation end   time: 14:00:00 
Total observation time: 6 hours

Official Counter: Andrew Clem

Observers:        

Visitors:
Visitors and Observers:  Tom Lord, Fred Herrmannn, Robert Plank


Weather:
High pressure system persists bringing cooler temps and bright blue skies
and NO clouds.  

Diminishing NW winds and definite fall-like temperatures
15.5 c (high) at top of 9 o'clock.  
Humidity: 44%
Bar.Pressure: 1023
Cloud Cover:  Not one cloud!!!!
Visibility:  all the way to the far ridges miles away
No haze.

Observations:


Thanks to Andrew Clem who took the reigns as official counter today. 

Predictions:
High pressure system continues with much cooler temps and scattered frost
overnight.
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at:
http://home.ntelos.net/~btkin/rockfish_gap_hawk_watch


***Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA - Established 1976***
The Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch is held on the grounds of the Inn at Afton,
located on the southern side of Rockfish Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains,
just above where I-64 (exit 99) intersects with the southern end of the
Skyline Drive and the northern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway, just east of
Waynesboro, VA and approximately 22 miles west of Charlottesville, VA.  

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