Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 26, 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 1 6 6
BE 0 4 4
NH 1 2 2
SS 0 8 8
CH 0 7 7
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 1 63 63
RT 0 15 15
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 1 1 1
ML 0 0 0
PG 0 0 0
UA 0 1 1
UB 0 0 0
UF 0 1 1
UE 0 0 0
UR 3 3 3
Total: 7 111 111
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 17:30:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Robert Plank
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Tom Mizell, Wm. (Bill) Gallagher
Visitors:
William Gallagher
Larry Herbert
Brock Strickler
Massie Wright
Weather:
Wind: SSE changing to SE and then SW by late afternoon 6-14km/h
Temp: 27c (high)
Humidity: 68% in morning dropping 43%by 11 a.m. EST. Back up to 60% by 5
p.m. EST
Bar.Pressure: 1029 dropping to 1027
Cloud Cover: overcast in morning, to zero clouds late afternoon.
Haze persists but not as thick as previous days.
Observations:
Thanks to Tom Mizell for helping and sending stats!
No Swallows reported.
Chimney Swift numbers seem to be increasing
Monarch Butterfly - 2
Predictions:
mostly sunny
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at:
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