Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 13, 2006
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
BV 0 0 0
TV 0 0 0
OS 0 0 0
BE 0 0 0
NH 1 2 2
SS 1 5 5
CH 0 0 0
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 5 6 6
RT 1 1 1
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 0 0 0
ML 0 0 0
PG 0 0 0
UA 0 0 0
UB 0 0 0
UF 0 0 0
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 0 0
Total: 8 14 14
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 15:45:00
Total observation time: 5.5 hours
Official Counter: Gordy Adamski
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Robert Plank, Rose Thomas
Weather:
The predicted mostly sunny skies were not to be at the higher elevation
over Rockfish Gap. By early afternoon the clouds had thickened.
Wind: N changing to out of the south 1-5 km/h;
Temp: 19.5c increasing to 28.5c;
Humidity: 71% dropping to 45%;
Bar.Pressure: 1017>1018;
Cloud Cover: clear increasing to mostly cloudy;
VIsibilty: 11 km increasing to 40 and slight haze.
Raptor Observations:
Slow but interesting. Season's second Northern Harrier, a lovely adult
male, came in LOW at 11:04 am providing great looks and photographic
opportunity before it set wings and sailed on by heading south.
Non-raptor Observations:
Hummingbird - 1 zipping past heading south.
Lots of butterflies actively feeding on the wildflowers showcasing the
hillside including Monarch, Silver-spotted Skipper and Eastern
Swallowtail. A few dragonfly were observed zipping around with
high-flying butterflies.
========================================================================
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
Site Description:
***Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA - Celebrating 30 years of Hawk Watching
HOLIDAY FOR HAWKS weekend event - September 22-24, 2006. For more details
and registration forms, go to the following web link:
http://home.ntelos.net/~btkin/rockfish_gap_hawk_watch/html/RGHW-2006LinkPage.htm
You are subscribed to VA-BIRD. To post to this mailing list, simply send email
to va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. To unsubscribe, send email to
va-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.