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Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2005
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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BV                           0              0              0
TV                           0              0              0
OS                           0              0            143
BE                           0              0             34
NH                           0              0             23
SS                          15             15            260
CH                           1              1             61
NG                           0              0              0
RS                           0              0              2
BW                          33             33           7226
RT                           2              2            108
RL                           0              0              0
GE                           0              0              1
AK                           0              0             99
ML                           0              0              2
PG                           0              0              3
UA                           0              0              5
UB                           0              0             14
UF                           0              0              1
UE                           0              0              1
UR                           1              1             13

Total:                      52             52           7996
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Observation start time: 08:30:00 
Observation end   time: 15:00:00 
Total observation time: 6.5 hours

Official Counter: Brenda Tekin

Observers:        

Visitors:
Several folks from Richmond.
Mike Garst, Dave Hunter


Weather:
Beautiful fall day with no clouds.  
Wind:  nothing stirring at start of the day.  By 9 a.m. standard time
1-5km/h out of the SE increasing to 6-11 km/h by 12 p.m.;
Temp:  18c>19c;
Humidity: 48%>63%
Barametric Pressure:  steady at 1023
Cloud Cover:  100% cloud-free throughout the morning; few wisps passed
through.  Jet contrails helped break up the bright blue.
Haze returned

Raptor Observations:
Brief flurry of streaming BW and Sharp-shinned then things pretty much came
to a complete halt by 1:30;  No BW after the 12 o'clock hour.  And nothing
after 1:30 standard time.  Surprising, considering great weather and nice
steady breeze.  Maybe they were out touring the countryside. 

Most of the BW were found sailing high overhead, including a group of 13,
quickly gone in the blink of eye, obviously in a hurry to get on down the
road.

Non-raptor Observations:
Blue Jay - about 60 observed moving through
Chimney Swift - less than 20 today
Am.Tree Swallow - 1
Monarch Butterfly - numbers are winding down with only 11 today.

Predictions:
clouds moving in
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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


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