Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 27, 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 0 2 2
BE 0 2 2
NH 0 0 0
SS 0 5 5
CH 0 1 1
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 0 36 36
RT 0 3 3
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 1 1
AK 0 3 3
ML 0 0 0
PG 0 0 0
UA 0 1 1
UB 0 0 0
UF 0 0 0
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 0 0
Total: 0 54 54
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 11:30:00
Total observation time: 3 hours
Official Counter: Robert Plank
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Robert Plank
Weather:
Special Note: Database needs to be revised to allow for "split" coverage.
Today, morning covered from 8;30 5- 10:15 a.m. by Robert Plank. Late
afternoon covered from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. EST by Brenda Tekin.
Weather: AM: Very brisk N wind; PM: light breeze out of south
Temp: AM: 32C; PM 29C
Humidity: 62%
Bar.Pressure: steady throughout day at 1015mb
Cloud cover: AM: partly cloudy; PM: overcast
Visibility: 18km at most with very thick haze
Precipitation: unstable air mass moved in from West with definite
circulation of clouds over gap by 5:45 pm with developing thunderstorm
that rolled into southern Albemarle County, south of Charlottesville,
producing an incredible light show.
Observations:
NO raptors!
All between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. (EST)
Common Nighthawk - total of 9 before developing storm
Barn Swallow - 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 5 (1 female, 2 imm.male, 2 un)
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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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