Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, VA, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 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 4 86 87
BE 2 12 12
NH 0 20 20
SS 18 113 123
CH 1 17 25
NG 0 1 1
RS 0 0 0
BW 39 3587 3590
RT 2 17 21
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 3 14 18
ML 1 4 4
PG 0 6 8
MK 0 1 1
UA 0 2 3
UB 2 3 3
UF 0 3 4
UE 0 0 0
UR 1 12 12
Total: 73 3898 3932
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 17:15:00
Total observation time: 9.25 hours
Site Coordinator: Brenda Tekin
Observers: Allen Larner, John Irvine, Mary Penn
Visitors:
Tom Mizell - new intern
Peter Brask
Kathern Fogartie
Elinor Mondale - new intern
Alan Richardson
Nancy Corwin
Yulee Larner
Marietta Beverage
Dwayne Brown
Allen Larner - observer
Weather:
Wind Speed: 29-38 km/h
Wind Dir: NW
Temp: (hi) 19.0 c
Humidity: 63 > 41%
Bar.Pressure: 1018
Cloude Cover: Mostly cloudy in morning clearing by mid-afternoon.
Observations:
Alas, what was hoped to be a big flight of BWs never panned out. Somehow
the 3,000+ that made it to Harvey's Knob to our South got by us.
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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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