Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 20, 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 1 3 3
BE 0 0 0
NH 0 2 2
SS 0 5 5
CH 0 2 2
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 8 18 18
RT 1 4 4
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: 10 34 34
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 14:30:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Gordy Adamski
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Gordy Adamski
Weather:
Wind: west 12-19km/h changing to out of the NW;
Temp: 24c>29.5c by 12pm EST; Temperature jumped to 35c by top of the next
hour and 37c by 2pm.;
Humidity: 72% dropping throughout the day to 38c;
Bar.Pressure: 1012 dropping to 1011;
Cloud cover: partly cloudy (16-50%) increasing to overcast and
threatening by 2pm. EST.;
Considerably hazy throughout the day;
Raptor Observations:
Several Broad-winged and an immature Red-tailed flew in close, to within 20
feet of the observers, stirring up the migrating Barn Swallow and providing
a "WOW" moment.
Non-raptor Observations:
Barn Swallow - a non-stop flow throughout the day with birds sprinkled all
over the sky, easily exceeding yesterday's impressive flight. Today's
very conservative estimate: 3,000+;
Monarch Butterfly: 3 pushing through, not including the many feeding on
the wildflowers showcasing the mountainside.
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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