Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, VA, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2002
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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 10 98
BE 0 1 13
NH 0 14 34
SS 23 417 541
CH 4 41 66
NG 0 3 4
RS 2 5 5
BW 0 17 3650
RT 19 60 81
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 1 81 99
ML 0 1 5
PG 0 14 22
MK 0 0 1
UA 0 1 4
UB 0 5 8
UF 0 1 5
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 5 17
Total: 49 676 4653
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Observation start time: 11:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 4 hours
Site Coordinator: Brenda Tekin
Observers: Gordy Adamski
Visitors:
No visitors. Thankfully Gordy Adamski was able to get away from the office
to provide a few hours of coverage.
Weather:
Clearing skies with light SE breeze
Temp: (high) 17.5c
Humidity: 49 incrasing to 60%
Bar.Pressure: 1018
Observations:
Sharp-shinned are still moving through in small numbers and we're seeing
increase in movement of Red-tails
Canada Goose
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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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