Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 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 65 75
BE 1 11 18
NH 0 9 13
SS 26 87 104
CH 3 13 21
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 2 2
BW 315 3752 3909
RT 1 17 37
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 2 2
AK 2 23 29
ML 0 4 5
PG 1 3 3
UA 0 3 4
UB 0 0 2
UF 0 2 4
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 5 9
Total: 349 3998 4237
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Wm (Bill) Gallagher
Observers:
Visitors:
Gordy Adamski, Elizabeth Hunter, Andrew Clem, John Zimmerman, Nancy
Davidson, Bill and Maureen Minor, Maretta Beverage, Jo King, Allen Larner,
Robert Plank, Donna Lewis, Brenda Tekin
Weather:
Wind: NNW, 20-28 km/h diminishing to less than 5 by late afternoon.
Temp: 23.5 (high)
Humidity: 81% decreasing to 33%
Bar.Pressure: 1024>1023
Cloud Cover: wonderful high thin cirrus throughout most of the day until
late afternoon.
Observations:
Things slowed down quite a bit today, a pitty as there was great backdrop
of clouds to find them. Hopefully we'll see another push by the weekend.
Bald Eagle - 4 yr at 10:37 a.m. EST
Immature Golden Eagle went north!
Lots! of Blue Jay back and forth across the gap. Well over 50 after 4:30
PM (EST).
Monarch Butterfly - 6
Chimney Swift
Tree Swallow
Predictions:
sunshine and warmer temps!
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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