Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 08, 2003
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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 6 19 145
BE 1 4 36
NH 5 8 25
SS 20 117 317
CH 7 16 64
NG 0 0 3
RS 0 1 5
BW 6 72 8753
RT 2 4 39
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 3
AK 0 5 83
ML 0 3 16
PG 0 2 23
MK 0 0 1
UA 2 3 11
UB 0 0 7
UF 0 0 4
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 2 8
Total: 49 256 9543
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Jennifer Gaden
Observers: Allen Larner
Visitors:
Alan Richardson
Allen Larner
Weather:
Wind 6-15 km/h throughout the day, changing from N>NNW to SW to S by end of
day.
Zero cloud cover increasing partly cloudy.
Humidity: 72% decreasing to 60%
Hazy!!!
Observations:
Large Black Bear on Skyline Drive at 10 a.m. EST
Chimney Swift - 5
Blue Jay - 39
Monarch Butterfly - 36
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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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