Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, VA, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 2002
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Species Day's Count Month Total YTD Total
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BV 0 6 6
TV 0 8 11
OS 9 33 34
BE 1 4 4
NH 0 4 4
SS 4 24 34
CH 1 4 12
NG 0 1 1
RS 0 0 0
BW 178 360 363
RT 0 11 15
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 0 5 9
ML 0 1 1
PG 1 1 3
MK 0 1 1
UA 0 0 1
UB 0 1 1
UF 0 2 3
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 3 3
Total: 194 469 506
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Site Coordinator: Brenda Tekin
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Gordy Adamski, Mary Smith, Nancy Corwin
Visitors:
Observers:
Dick and Nancy Morton
Weather:
Wind - 6-11 km/h decreasing by late afternoon
Wind Direction: NW
Tem. (hi): 26.5c
Humidity: 80% dropping to 69%
Bar.Pressure: 1014
Cloud Cover: overcast throughout most of the day
Observations:
single killdeer heading NW
BWs on the move. Our first triple-digit day with bulk (141) between 3-4
(EST).
Predictions:
partly cloudy with 30% chance of showers
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin(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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