Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2006
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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 8 8 177
BE 0 0 56
NH 1 1 33
SS 144 144 647
CH 18 18 94
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 5
BW 21 21 14119
RT 5 5 50
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 2
AK 7 7 91
ML 0 0 3
PG 3 3 46
UA 0 0 2
UB 0 0 5
UF 0 0 2
UE 0 0 1
UR 1 1 12
Total: 208 208 15345
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Brenda Tekin
Observers:
Visitors:
Thanks to the additional observers who helped find the many sharp-shinns
that seemed to be all over the sky:
Peter Clark, Gordy Adamski, Betty Warner, Rose Thomas, William Leigh,
Dean, Bonnie Sexton, Bill Funk
Weather:
Brisk SW to WSW winds throughout the day, 20-35km/h; Temp: 15c > 19.5c;
Zero cloud cover in the morning increasing to partly cloudy for the
afternoon helping to find the many, many sharp-shins.
Overall, it was a very pleasant October day as long as counters and
observers remained sheltered from the wind.
Raptor Observations:
Steady flow of sharp-shins throughout the day with a few others thrown in
for good measure.
The record season for Peregrine Falcon continues to grow with three more
today.
Non-raptor Observations:
Monarch Butterfly in good numbers with several hundred at least.
Tree Swallow, hundreds today.
Chimney Swift
Predictions:
Sunny
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at:
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