Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 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 0 81 87
BE 3 40 40
NH 0 9 11
SS 22 173 179
CH 3 22 24
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 1 1
BW 109 7970 8001
RT 0 20 25
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 1 1
AK 1 33 34
ML 0 3 3
PG 0 9 9
UA 1 1 1
UB 0 4 4
UF 0 0 0
UE 0 1 1
UR 0 3 3
Total: 139 8371 8424
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Gordy Adamski
Observers: Gordy Adamski, Jennifer Gaden
Visitors:
A special thanks to our observers today: Tom Lord, Barbara Adamski, Jim
Fitzgerald, David Hunter, Nancy Davidson.
Our visitors were: Ed Henderson, John Howard, Frank Wilsack, Lois
Gebhardt, Sue Ridd
Weather:
Wind out of the NW all day.
Temp started out at 14, rising to 27 by noon then dropping to 18 by 3 PM
The humidity dropped from 56 to 39 by end of the day
the Bar. pressure held steady at 1007 most of the day.
Raptor Observations:
3 BE, adult 9:42, immature 10:44 & a 4+ bird at 11:29
Non-raptor Observations:
only 96 monarch butterflies today
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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