Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 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 1 6 99
BE 0 4 23
NH 0 7 21
SS 81 333 631
CH 8 52 87
NG 0 1 1
RS 0 1 3
BW 0 13 4582
RT 6 48 89
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 2
AK 0 9 42
ML 1 3 9
PG 0 2 8
UA 0 1 6
UB 0 0 4
UF 0 0 5
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 7 16
Total: 97 487 5628
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 14:30:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Gordy Adamski
Observers: Brenda Tekin
Visitors:
Alan Bryan from Richmond, Amy Mitchel and group from Wintergreen Nature
Conservancy.
Weather:
Strange day with periods of beautiful blue sky and puffy bands of clouds
and then dark gray clouds producing occasional rain showers. Lower
elevation wind at times seemed out of the east but then more variable 5-11
km/h and overhead winds definitely moving out of the West.
Temp: 10.5 increasing to 15c
Humidity: 60% droping to 42%
Bar.Pressure: 1001
Cloud Cover: Mostly cloudy to completely overcast with dark gray
threatening clouds.
Visibility: 15km
Observations:
After a slow week and no coverage on Thursday (a mostly sunny day in
C'ville), the birds were on the move bright and early. Although not very
bright, they moved through nonetheless, even through the light rain! And
what a day it was. Birds were all over, high and low. Maybe we're
finally seeing some of those Sharpies reported moving through last weekend
from sites further to our north.
Highlight of the day was a Cooper's Hawk that landed atop utility pole
very short distance from observers where it remained for approximately 5
minutes. It then sailed along Rt. 250 heading for the I-64 overpass where
it flew up under the eastbound overpass and Rock Pigeons flew out
scattering in the wind.
Several flocks of American Tree Swallow totaling 100+ before noon.
Predictions:
Much cooler, breezy and sunny!
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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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