Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2005
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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 31 174
BE 0 6 40
NH 0 6 29
SS 26 760 1005
CH 0 94 154
NG 0 1 1
RS 0 7 9
BW 0 70 7263
RT 178 607 713
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 1 2
AK 0 48 148
ML 0 14 16
PG 0 3 6
UA 0 5 10
UB 0 6 20
UF 0 0 1
UE 0 0 1
UR 0 3 15
Total: 204 1662 9607
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Observation start time: 09:30:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 3 hours
Official Counter: Wm (Bill) Funk
Observers: Albert Kaine, Bill Funk
Weather:
Coverage today: 9:30-11:45; 1-2pm
WInd speed: S to SW - 20-28km/h increasing to 29-38km/h;
Temp: 7.5c > 8.5c;
Humidity: 33%>38%
Bar.Pressure: 1018<1017;
Cloud cover: only a few wisps with clear visibility for miles
Raptor Observations:
Good RT flight during morning then things slowed down. However, quite
possible afternoon birds were just too high up, lost in bright blue.
Non-raptor Observations:
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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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