Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 26, 2003
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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 2 2
BE 0 2 2
NH 0 0 0
SS 0 5 5
CH 0 1 1
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 0 36 36
RT 0 3 3
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 1 1
AK 1 3 3
ML 0 0 0
PG 0 0 0
UA 0 1 1
UB 0 0 0
UF 0 0 0
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 0 0
Total: 1 54 54
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Observation start time: 16:45:00
Observation end time: 19:00:00
Total observation time: 2.25 hours
Official Counter: Brenda Tekin
Observers:
Weather:
A most enjoyable late summer evening!
Wind: NW, 6-11 km/h
Temp: 29C>28C
Humidity: 53%
Bar.Pressure: 1013
Visibility: 35km
some haze
Observations:
Only one migrating raptors, AMKE
Chimney Swifts on the move with well over 1500 counted, all passing east to
west through and over the gap toward Waynesboro, VA. First push of Common
Nighthawk with 59 counted. First sighting at 5:16 (EST). One group of
18 at 5:44; another group of 16 at 6:24. Last two sighted at 7 p.m. with
last remaining light.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 6 (1 female, 2 males, and 3 un)
Barn Swallow - 3
Monarch Butterfly - 3
Cedar Waxwing - one flock of 19
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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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