Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, VA, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 31, 2002
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Species Day's Count Month Total YTD Total
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BV 0 0 0
TV 0 3 3
OS 0 1 1
BE 0 0 0
NH 0 0 0
SS 1 10 10
CH 0 8 8
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 1 3 3
RT 0 4 4
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 1 4 4
ML 0 0 0
PG 1 2 2
UA 0 1 1
UB 0 0 0
UF 0 1 1
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 0 0
Total: 4 37 37
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Site Coordinator: Brenda Tekin
Observers: Brenda Tekin
Weather:
Light wind from North throughout the day.
High temp: 21 c (between 12-1 p.m. EST)
Bar.Pressure: 1021
Humidity: 69%
Visibility: very limited first hour due to thick haze increasing to 22k.
Cloud Cover: 100% with thick gray clouds throughout the day.
Observations:
After several days without coverage due to heavy rains and fog, we were
hopeful for a productive day. It was not to be!
Amerian Kestrel was observed at 11:29 a.m. carrying lunch as it headed
south.
More hummingbirds than raptors; total of 11 that included 1 female and 2
adult males.
Indigo Bunting - 1
Cedar Waxwing - several sightings including flock of 26
Hairy Woodpecker
Eastern Towhee
Chimney Swift continue to move through in small numbers
Monarch Butterfly: 1
Predictions:
Morning rain with mostly cloudy skies.
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Report submitted by 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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