Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, VA, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 09, 2002
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Species Day's Count Month Total YTD Total
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BV 0 6 6
TV 3 6 9
OS 1 9 10
BE 0 1 1
NH 0 4 4
SS 0 13 23
CH 0 3 11
NG 1 1 1
RS 0 0 0
BW 0 71 74
RT 0 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 0 1 1
UF 0 2 3
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 0 0
Total: 5 134 171
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 18:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Site Coordinator: Brenda Tekin
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Gordy Adamski, Mary Penn, Robert Plank
Weather:
Wind direction: S-SE
High Temp.: 27c
Humidity: 50% in AM dropping to 27% by days end
Bar. Pressure: 1019 all day
Cloud cover: 1 most of the day
Observations:
Very quiet day except for a Northern Goshawk @ 4:50 PM. Spotted below eye
level south on east side of ridge. Came up to eye level SE of pool
circled, flashing underside.
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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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