Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 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 9 113 130
BE 1 16 30
NH 1 21 23
SS 19 183 198
CH 0 30 34
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 2 2
BW 133 4007 4191
RT 6 54 89
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 3 80 83
ML 0 2 2
PG 0 2 2
UA 1 3 5
UB 0 6 13
UF 0 1 1
UE 0 1 1
UR 0 11 11
Total: 173 4532 4815
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 17:30:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Robert Plank
Observers: Bill Funk, Brenda Tekin, Robert Plank
Visitors:
several visitors and observers:
Bill Funk
Wallace Plank visiting from Colorado;
Robert Plank
Fred and Jan Morris
Tom Lord
Gordon and Mary Ann Corbett
David Hunter
Marlene Condon
Weather:
Breezy North wind 20-32 km/h changing to East, NE then back to N and
diminishing to 12-19 km/h by 3 p.m.
Temp: 20.5c increasing to 23.5c by 11 am. Dropped to 20.5 by 5 pm standard
time;
Humidity: 56% dropping to 41%
Bar.Pressure: 1015>1016
Cloud Cover: zero cloud cover with visibility for miles - 42+ km and no
haze
Raptor Observations:
Fairly slow morning with small push between 4:15-4:30 pm standard time
BW hourly flight: 9-10:15; 10-11:2; 11-12:1; 3-4:1; 4-5:91; 5-6:23
Bald Eagle: adult at 3:30 p.m. standard
Non-raptor Observations:
Northern Flicker
Monarch Butterfly - 24+
Predictions:
sunny and cooler
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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