Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 05, 2004
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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 4 14
BE 0 0 7
NH 0 0 4
SS 4 11 28
CH 0 0 8
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 1 1
BW 64 125 282
RT 1 3 23
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 3 6 12
ML 0 0 1
PG 0 0 0
UA 0 0 1
UB 0 0 2
UF 1 1 3
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 0 4
Total: 73 151 390
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Brenda Tekin
Observers: Rick Myers
Visitors:
Gail South and David
Kirk and Maria Callison
Weather:
Wind and cloud cover were consistent in not being consistent. Started out
with mostly sunny skies with white cirrus and fluffy clouds and steady
breeze out of the NE. By mid-day, cloud cover was back and forth between
mostly cloudy to overcast and winds shifting to East and then out of the
SE and speed increasing to 20-28km/h. Dark threatening clouds moved in
and out late afternoon and by 4 p.m. EST threat of rain with few sprinkles
of rain on east side of ridge.
Temp: 31c (high)
Humidity: 39% increasing to 62%
Bar.Pressure: 1019
Observations:
BWs not any hurry to move through. One in particular hung around for over
30 minutes. Between 2-3 p.m. EST we had 1 kettle of 15 birds with 7
streaming ahead of the kettle.
No eagles and only Osprey seen for the day was spotted by Bill Gallagher
as it came around south corner of building and headed north
Scarlett Tanager - 1 (adult male)
Red-headed Woodpecker (imm. heading SW)
Chimney Swift - several small groups moving through
Monarch Butterfly - 4
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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