Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2003
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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 7 74 80
BE 0 20 25
NH 1 7 7
SS 14 107 113
CH 5 26 27
NG 0 2 2
RS 0 1 1
BW 572 7200 7253
RT 1 22 27
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 1
AK 1 43 48
ML 2 9 10
PG 1 9 9
MK 0 0 1
UA 0 5 6
UB 0 3 4
UF 0 1 1
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 5 5
Total: 604 7534 7620
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 17:30:00
Total observation time: 9.5 hours
Official Counter: Gordy Adamski
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Donna Lewis, Ed Lewis, Gordy Adamski
Visitors:
Elizabeth from NC; Buddy, Robert Plank, Lynn Juliano, Alan Larner, Donna
and Ed Lewis, Nancy Davidson
Weather:
Bright blue sky and wind less than 3 mph out of ESE when it was blowing.
Temp (High): 20.5C
Humidity: steadily increased to 62%
Bar.Pressure: 1017
Cloud Cover: zero, zilch, nada, throughout the day except for few small
white puffs between 11-12 p.m. EST
Observations:
Bulk of Broad-wing between 11-1 p.m.:
11-12 p.m. EST - 170; 12-1 p.m. - 169. None after 4 p.m. EST. Only two
birds between 4 - 5:30 p.m. (EST) -- osprey and Peregrine Falcon.
Great Blue Heron
Red-headed Woodpecker
Truckload of turkey heading west.
Predictions:
More bright blue sky.
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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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