Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, VA, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 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 1 11 99
BE 1 2 14
NH 2 17 37
SS 41 461 585
CH 5 46 71
NG 0 3 4
RS 0 5 5
BW 0 17 3650
RT 71 135 156
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 1 82 100
ML 1 2 6
PG 0 14 22
MK 0 0 1
UA 0 1 4
UB 2 7 10
UF 0 1 5
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 5 17
Total: 125 809 4786
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Observation start time: 10:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Site Coordinator: Brenda Tekin
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Gordy Adamski, Pat Alther
Visitors:
Allan Richardson
Bill & Katie James from Harvey's Knob
John and Nancy Spahr
Weather:
Wind - light SE wind (Note: upper level was at SE before shifing to NW;
lower level out of the west and then NW)
Temp: (high) 19.5c
Humidity 70 decreasing o 57%
Bar.Pressure: 1010
Cloud Cover - mostly cloudy with white puffs and nice cirrus providing
great backdrop
Rain cleared out much sooner than predicted. Early morning fog quickly
evaporated by 10 a.m.EST
Observations:
Bald Eagle - first year
What a day! Pretty much steady throughout the day with good numbers of
Sharpies and impressive flight of Red-tails, some coming through 5 to 6 at
a time.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Meadowlark - single bird heading SE through the gap.
Two large kettles of several hundred Black Vulture merged into one black
massive column over the valley
Predictions:
NW winds with clearing skies
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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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