Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, VA, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 08, 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 3 8 9
BE 0 1 1
NH 0 4 4
SS 3 13 23
CH 1 3 11
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 17 71 74
RT 4 10 14
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 0 5 9
ML 0 1 1
PG 0 0 2
MK 0 1 1
UA 0 0 1
UB 1 1 1
UF 0 2 3
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 0 0
Total: 29 129 166
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Site Coordinator: Brenda Tekin
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Jean Brodwater, Pat Alther, Robert Plank
Visitors:
John and Pat Lloyd and friends
Jim Fitzgerald
Bob Thompson (observer-1hr)
Yulee Larner
Weather:
Wind: S-SSE through the day 6-11 km/h increasing to 12-19.
Temp: (hi) 25.5c
Humidity: 50 decreasing to 41%
Bar.Pressure: 1022-1023
Cloud Cover: zero
Haze
Carbon copy of previous day with bright blue cloudless sky making it
difficult to determine if we were missing high fliers. Clouds PLEASE!
Observations:
Most observed at or below eye level, including the three Osprey, two of
which came through BELOW eye level. Most were not in a hurry, instead
milling around, feeding on the wing.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 15 (including 3 females)
Baltimore Oriole
Cedar Waxwing
Blue Jay (They are getting more vocal.)
Monarch Butterfly - 7
Red-Spotted Purple
Clouded Sulphur
Aphrodite Fritillary
Skippers
Eastern Swallowtail
Red-legged Grasshopper affixed to glass window
Predictions:
More mild temps with possibility of few scattered clouds.
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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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