Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 29, 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 0 9 9
BE 0 6 6
NH 0 4 4
SS 3 14 14
CH 0 8 8
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 61 149 149
RT 2 18 18
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 2 6 6
ML 0 1 1
PG 0 0 0
UA 0 1 1
UB 0 2 2
UF 0 2 2
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 4 4
Total: 68 224 224
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Brenda Tekin
Observers: Charles Ziegenfus, Gordy Adamski, Mark Johnson, Rick Myers
Visitors:
Jim Reed
Weather:
Morning started out with no wind. By 11 a.m. EST S wind 1-5km/h increasing
to 6-11km/h.
TempL 29.5C
Humidity: 76% dropping to 55%
Bar.Pressure: 1021
Cloud Cover: Morning party cloudy with high white cirrus & cummulous for
perfect back drop. By 1 p.m., thicker clouds moved in from south to
completely overcast gray clouds by 2:45 p.m. EST.
Observations:
WOW--again!
Started out slow for the morning. The gates opened during the 1-2 p.m.
EST hour when first kettle of 5-7 BW were first spotted SE of observers by
Rick Myers. Right behind this group was another 7-8 kettling. For next
two hours, between 1-3 p.m. EST, 58 BW coming in small groups ranging from
4-5 to 7-8, would kettle then stream out heading south along the ridge.
This has been a record-setting month with over 200 migrating raptors
counted in a 2-week period.
Chimney Swift
Tree Swallow
Baltimore Oriole
Red-headed Woodpecker
White-breasted Nuthatch
Common Nighthawk - 2 together at 4 p.m. EST
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at:
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