Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 22, 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 2 2
BE 1 4 4
NH 1 1 1
SS 2 6 6
CH 0 5 5
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 10 61 61
RT 5 12 12
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 0 0 0
ML 0 0 0
PG 0 0 0
UA 1 1 1
UB 0 0 0
UF 0 1 1
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 0 0
Total: 20 93 93
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Brenda Tekin
Observers: Gordy Adamski, Wm. (Bill) Gallagher
Visitors:
Mark Johnson and daughter from Lynchburg area
Weather:
Wind: NNW changing to Variable to out of the South,
12-19km/h decreasing to 6-11 km/h.
Temp: 27C (high)
Humidity: 60%
Bar.Pressure: 1024>1023
Cloud Cover: Mostly cloudy to overcast
Visibility 8.5km>11.70km
Observations:
Red-tailed - dark morph at 10:24 a.m. EST. Observed this bird through
scope. About the only thing "light" on this bird were the "silvery-like"
fingers in wings like that of Turkey Vulture.
Northern Harrier - high up over Rockfish Valley (to east) flapping
southward at 12:50 p.m. EST
Bald Eagle - adult at 1:11 p.m. EST (way off on east side of ridge, it was
at very limit of 10x)
Broad-wing were in no hurry to move through. Quite a few doublebacked
heading north and dropping into trees on northside of the gap. Last BW of
the day, a rather scruffy looking immature, was found by Gordy Adamski
perched on branch of dead tree short distance south of The Inn before it
flew off heading north across I-64 and down into trees.
Tree Swallow - some migrating high overhead throughout the day!
Pileated Woodpecker
Blue-headed Vireo - singing
Hummingbird - 3
Clouded SUlphur
Cabbage White
Red-spotted Purple
skipper sp.
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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