[va-bird] HSR: Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch (26 Oct 2003) Raptor counts (total=20)

Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2003
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
BV                           0              0              0
TV                           0              0              0
OS                           0             29            155
BE                           0              8             40
NH                           3             20             37
SS                           5            398            598
CH                           4             94            142
NG                           0              3              6
RS                           0              3              7
BW                           0             73           8754
RT                           6             39             74
RL                           0              0              0
GE                           0              2              5
AK                           1             30            108
ML                           1             10             23
PG                           0              6             27
MK                           0              0              1
UA                           0              7             15
UB                           0              2              9
UF                           0              0              4
UE                           0              0              0
UR                           0              3              9

Total:                      20            727          10014
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Observation start time: 09:15:00 
Observation end   time: 14:30:00 
Total observation time: 5.25 hours

Official Counter: Brenda Tekin

Observers:        Robert Plank

Visitors:
Mark Johnson from Lynchburg was on hand 30 minutes before official counter
arrived.
Duane Brown, Powhattan


Weather:
Thick haze in valley and over Piedmont throughout day along with overcast
skies.  Occasional brief glimpses of sun and small patches of blue sky but
by 1 p.m., the bands of low dark clouds increased and by 1 p.m. could not
see towers on Bear Den Mountain to the NE. By 2:30 p.m. north ridge
becoming socked in and light rain shutting down the site.
Wind:  South 6-14 km/h
Temp (high): 20.5c
Humidity: 65%


Observations:
at 11:13 a.m., our 10,000th raptor of the season, an immature
Sharp-shinned, came in close and circled overhead for great view,
considering poor light.

Still waiting for push of Red-tails.

Three Northern Harrier - two of which were adult male, 1 at 10:36 a.m. and
one at 1:24 p.m.

Last bird of the day was a lovely adult male Merlin, the 23rd for a record
season, zipped by a very short distance from observation deck.



Monarch Butterfly - 1
Possible crescent butterfly - photographed and pending id
Ladybug - quite a few filling the sky
American Robin - small bands
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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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