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