[va-bird] HSR: Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch (14 Sep 2004) 1 Raptors

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Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 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             28             38
BE                           0              3             10
NH                           0              8             12
SS                           0             21             38
CH                           0              4             12
NG                           0              0              0
RS                           0              1              1
BW                           0            416            573
RT                           0             11             31
RL                           0              0              0
GE                           0              0              0
AK                           0             12             18
ML                           1              2              3
PG                           0              1              1
UA                           0              0              1
UB                           0              0              2
UF                           0              1              3
UE                           0              0              0
UR                           0              0              4

Total:                       1            508            747
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Observation start time: 08:00:00 
Observation end   time: 13:00:00 
Total observation time: 5 hours

Official Counter: Wm (Bill) Gallagher

Observers:        

Visitors:
Paul Brown


Weather:
We are in a weather warp.  Persistent fog, low clouds and today mist!
Wind Speed NE wind prevailed,1-5 km/h increasing to 12-19 km/h.
Temp:  21.5 c (high)
Humidity: 72>75%
Bar.Pressure: holding steady at 1022
Cloud cover:  100% - overcast with fog/mist hugging top of ridge before
socking in mid-day.

Observations:
Only one, a merlin, that dropped down out of the mist to give Hooter's the
owl on a pole a couple of pops.

Fog, mist, same old thing hugging the ridge.  However, to the east and
west, high ceiling of clouds with brief breaks in the clouds so I suspect
birds have been flying over, east and/or west of the ridge.

Predictions:
We are certainly in some sort of weather warp!  Weak disturbance bringing
chance of rain in addition to morning fog in advance of approaching Ivan. 


Doesn't look good through remainder of the week, at least into Saturday. 
Latest weather modules show remnants of hurricane Ivan will track along
the Appalachians and possibly stalling bringing heavy rainfall to our
area!
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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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