Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 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 2 67 77
BE 0 11 18
NH 1 10 14
SS 16 133 150
CH 3 19 27
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 2 2
BW 58 3849 4006
RT 2 20 40
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 2 2
AK 0 23 29
ML 0 5 6
PG 0 3 3
UA 0 4 5
UB 0 2 4
UF 0 2 4
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 5 9
Total: 82 4157 4396
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 17:30:00
Total observation time: 9.5 hours
Official Counter: Gordy Adamski
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Robert Plank
Visitors:
Ed Talbot
Ed and Elisa Bickers
Nancy Davidson
Duane Brown
Weather:
Another bright blue sky day with NO clouds. Wind shifted to out of the NW.
Yes, at last wind but too few birds.
Wind: NW, 6-11 km/h
Temp: 24c (high)
humidity: 76% dropping to 43%
BarPressure: 1023<1021
Cloud Cover: few upper level cirrus clouds all gone by 10 a.m. EST.
Haze moving back in on both sides of the ridge.
Observations:
Rockfish raptorians were able to get a few more than yesterday but not by
much. Airplanes outnumbered raptors. We need an aircraft identification
chart.
A single adult Bald Eagle observed on north side of gap, teasing the
hopeful watchers but it turned back north.
Broad-wings trickled in, bulk between 12 - 3 p.m. EST:
BW hourly count:
9-10am:-1; 10-11am: 8; 11-12pm:5; 12-1pm: 12; 1-2pm:15; 2-3pm:11; 3-4pm:5;
4-5pm:1
Scarlett Tanager
Blue Jays continue to move through
Chimney Swift
Hummingbird: 1 at 5:15 p.m. EST
Monarch Butterfly: 4
Aircraft: well over 100 - Thank you contrails!
Predictions:
Can we say "clouds?"
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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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