Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 12, 2005
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 0 0 0
TV 0 0 0
OS 1 1 1
BE 0 0 0
NH 0 0 0
SS 0 0 0
CH 0 0 0
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 0 0 0
RT 0 0 0
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 0 0 0
ML 0 0 0
PG 0 0 0
UA 0 0 0
UB 0 0 0
UF 0 0 0
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 0 0
Total: 1 1 1
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 12:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Wm (Bill) Gallagher
Observers:
Weather:
Wind: North 39-49km/h (need to verify this); Temperature: 24c -28c;
Humidity: 76% dropping to 61%
Bar.Pressure: 1011
Cloud Cover: 0 (0-15%;
Visibility: 18.7k;
Precipitation: haze
Observations:
William (Bill) Gallagher was on hand to officially open our 29th season.
Things were a bit slow today with only one raptor, the first for the season.
The Osprey passed through at 9:15 EST and broke our earliest record for
this species by two days.
Resident American Goldfinch, Common Raven Chimney Swift, Barn Swallow
Predictions:
Humid, Hot, and Hazy
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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
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