Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 19, 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 1 26 152
BE 0 7 39
NH 0 15 32
SS 112 356 556
CH 15 72 120
NG 0 2 5
RS 2 3 7
BW 1 73 8754
RT 11 25 60
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 2 5
AK 1 26 104
ML 0 8 21
PG 0 4 25
MK 0 0 1
UA 0 7 15
UB 0 2 9
UF 0 0 4
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 3 9
Total: 143 631 9918
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Brenda Tekin
Observers:
Visitors:
Pat Alther
Janis Moses and Brett Leake from Richmond
Duane Brown from Powhatan
Weather:
Wind from NW>WNW>V>NW, starting out 6-15 km/h and diminishing by mid-day.
Morning cloud cover disappeared by 11:30 a.m. EST and it was a painfully
bright blue sky for remainder of day. (Two days of bright blue and eyes
were hurting by early afternoon.)
Humidity: 51%
Temperature (high): 19c
Observations:
Sharpies ruled today. Bulk came through late afternoon. Small groups
ranging from 2 to five at a time.
Late Broad-winged, an immature, came in close at eye level for good looks
(2:58 p.m. EST).
An adult Red-tailed Hawk appeared late afternoon with left leg held
straight down. Milled around for at least five minutes and leg remained
extended. Will check records from year or two years ago for a Red-tailed
that had an "extended" leg.
Northern Flicker - 4
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 imm.
Blue Jay - 31
Horned Lark - flock of 18
Rusty Blackbird - 1 up close
Cedar Waxwing - several small flocks
Purple Finch - 1 female or imm.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Tree Swallow - 6
Double-crested Cormorant - 1 impressive flock of 86+
Monarch Butterfly - only 8 today
1 dragonfly
Predictions:
mostly 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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