Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, VA, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2002
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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 10 98
BE 0 1 13
NH 1 14 34
SS 2 394 518
CH 0 37 62
NG 0 3 4
RS 0 3 3
BW 0 17 3650
RT 0 41 62
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 0 80 98
ML 0 1 5
PG 0 14 22
MK 0 0 1
UA 0 1 4
UB 0 5 8
UF 0 1 5
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 5 17
Total: 3 627 4604
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 10:30:00
Total observation time: 2 hours
Site Coordinator: Brenda Tekin
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Pat Alther
Weather:
Light winds out of NNW changing to variable before shifting to out of the
east.
Temp: (High) 18.5c
Humidity: 65 dropping to 60%
Overcast
By 10:18 wind shifting to out of east brought in more fog up the eastern
slope and completely socking in the NE section and tops of trees on north
side of gap.
This weather pattern continues to dampen our hawk watching efforts on top
of lack of volunteer counters this season.
Observations:
Eastern Bluebird (2)
Rusty Blackbird (2)
American Robin - several small bands crossing the gap
First resident vulture made appearance at 9:33 a.m.
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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
***Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA - Established 1976***
The Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch is held on the grounds of the Inn at Afton, located
on the southern side of Rockfish Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains, just above
where I-64 (exit 99) intersects with the southern end of the Skyline Drive and
the northern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway, just east of Waynesboro, VA and
approximately 22 miles west of Charlottesville, VA.
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