[va-bird] HSR: Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch (21 Sep 2004) 349 Raptors

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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)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at:
http://home.ntelos.net/~btkin/rockfish_gap_hawk_watch


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