Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 19, 2004
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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 0 9 102
BE 0 5 24
NH 0 7 21
SS 2 534 832
CH 0 76 111
NG 0 1 1
RS 0 2 4
BW 0 13 4582
RT 0 73 114
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 2
AK 1 19 52
ML 0 5 11
PG 0 3 9
UA 0 2 7
UB 0 1 5
UF 0 0 5
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 8 17
Total: 3 758 5899
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 12:00:00
Total observation time: 4 hours
Official Counter: Andrew Clem
Observers:
Weather:
Not much improvement. Overcast throughout morning and then fog/low clouds
rolling in with wind change to out of the east and wind speed increasing
to 29-38km/h. Unlike Snicker's Gap, we don't fare well on easterly
winds.
Temp: 19c dropping to 17.5c
Humidity: 70% increasing to 86%
Bar.Pressure: 1010>1011
Visibility: 5 miles dropping to less than 1/2 mile
Observations:
As if yesterday morning wasn't slow enough......
American Robin - 50
Blue Jay - 15
Monarch Butterfly - 3
Predictions:
Rain!
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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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