[va-bird] HSR: Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch (21 Oct 2003) Raptor counts (total=49)

Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2003
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
BV                           0              0              0
TV                           0              0              0
OS                           3             29            155
BE                           0              7             39
NH                           0             15             32
SS                          26            382            582
CH                          12             84            132
NG                           0              2              5
RS                           0              3              7
BW                           0             73           8754
RT                           4             29             64
RL                           0              0              0
GE                           0              2              5
AK                           1             27            105
ML                           1              9             22
PG                           2              6             27
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:                      49            680           9967
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Observation start time: 11:30:00 
Observation end   time: 16:30:00 
Total observation time: 5 hours

Official Counter: Gordy Adamski

Observers:        

Visitors:
Rex Springston stopped by for 3 hours. He is from the Richmond Times
Dispatch. He asked a lot of questions & is going to write an article on
the hawk watch.


Weather:
Cloudy all day with an approaching cold front.
Temp around 21C all day
Humidity starting at 43% & dropping to 37%
Winds out of the NW switching to SW


Observations:
A nice stream of SS during the day, switching to CH near the end of the
day. 2 PG to close out the day along with 3 OS.


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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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