Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, VA, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 07, 2002
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Species Day's Count Month Total YTD Total
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BV 0 6 6
TV 0 3 6
OS 0 5 6
BE 0 1 1
NH 3 4 4
SS 4 10 20
CH 1 2 10
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 29 54 57
RT 3 6 10
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 0 5 9
ML 1 1 1
PG 0 0 2
MK 0 1 1
UA 0 0 1
UB 0 0 0
UF 0 2 3
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 0 0
Total: 41 100 137
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Site Coordinator: Brenda Tekin
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Butler&Condon, Gordy Adamski, Jennifer Gaden
Visitors:
Nancy Davidson
Ruth Snyder
Weather:
Wind: 0 increasing to code 2-3 (6-19 km/h)
Wind Dir.: SE to SSE
Temp. (Hi): 36c
Humidity: 47-49%
Bar.Pressure: 1021-1022
Cloud Cover: 0
Haze
Observations:
Very little movement in the morning. Zero cloud cover throughout the day.
We need clouds! Broad-wings were slow in moving out. Most milled around;
even observed landing in tree across gap for early afternoon siesta.
Cedar Waxwing: very large flock of 80-100
Hummingbird: 4 including one female and 1 adult male.
Monarch Butterfly - 14
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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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