Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 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 2 28 45
BE 0 3 17
NH 0 9 11
SS 3 23 38
CH 1 11 15
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 3 532 716
RT 1 25 60
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 1 19 22
ML 0 1 1
PG 0 0 0
UA 0 0 2
UB 0 3 10
UF 0 1 1
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 3 3
Total: 11 658 941
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Tom Pendleton
Observers: Bill Funk, Jennifer Gaden, Tom Pendleton
Visitors:
Thanks to all the observers that showed up including Tom Pendleton who
started the count at 7 a.m. Standard Time. Such dedication should have
been rewarded with a lot more birds!
Nancy Corwin
Lois Gebhardt
Robert Plank
Mary Smith from the Aloha state
S. Hauser
Weather:
Wind back and forth, SE to N to NNW, back to N before settling down to SE
1-5 km/m by afternoon hours.
Temp: 22c>29c;
humidity: 80%<51%;
Bar.Pressure: 1013<1014
Cloud Cover: partly cloudy increasing to overcast;
Raptor Observations:
Ophelia spinning off the NC outer banks is pushing in hot, humid tropical
air. Lack of winds, increasing cloud cover and high humidity does not
equal good flights. It was a very slow day.
Non-raptor Observations:
Palm Warblers have returned.
Cape May Warbler - 1st year female;
Monarch Butterfly - 13
Predictions:
hot and humid
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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