Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 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 3 24 30
BE 0 8 13
NH 0 3 3
SS 2 12 18
CH 0 4 5
NG 0 1 1
RS 0 1 1
BW 84 513 566
RT 1 7 12
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 1
AK 1 9 14
ML 0 0 1
PG 1 1 1
MK 0 0 1
UA 0 0 1
UB 0 1 2
UF 0 0 0
UE 0 0 0
UR 1 2 2
Total: 93 586 672
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Observation start time: 12:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Brenda Tekin
Observers: Gordy Adamski, Jennifer Gaden, Pat Alther, Tom Pendleton
Visitors:
John Spahr
Robert Plank
Weather:
Fog persisted throughout the morning at the higher elevation. Frustrating
when we could see clearing with blue sky out over the Piedmont to the East
and Valley to the West. SE wind increased pushing low clouds up and
over.
By 12:30 p.m. (EST)we could see the north ridge and beyond looking NE.
Relative humidity remained high throughout the day.
Observations:
With clouds moving along over the NE ridge, majority of Broad-wings were
found to our north on west side of ridge going out over the valley.
First Peregrine of the season (2:40 p.m. EST) was found by visitor Bonnie
Shephard. Great views as it circled overhead.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 (un)
Chimney Swift - seemed to be a steady flow throughout the day, even in the
morning fog.
Indigo Bunting - 1 male
Northern Flicker - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 (first of the season)
Gull - (Need to review notes. Possible Herring Gull)
Predictions:
morning fog
cloudy
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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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