Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 30, 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 0 9 9
BE 0 6 6
NH 0 4 4
SS 0 14 14
CH 0 8 8
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 0 149 149
RT 0 18 18
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 0 6 6
ML 0 1 1
PG 0 0 0
UA 0 1 1
UB 0 2 2
UF 0 2 2
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 4 4
Total: 0 224 224
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 12:00:00
Total observation time: 4 hours
Official Counter: Wm (Bill) Gallagher
Observers:
Weather:
Clouds moved in late yesterday afternoon and today it was overcast that was
possily associated to tropical storm Gaston. Thankfully our region was
spared any measureable rainfall.
Wind: SE>ESE 1-5km/h (Note: At 4:30p.m. EST, very brisk wind out of SSW,
29-38km/h and clearing skies and air temperature 68 degrees farenheit.)
Temp: 26.5c
Humidity: 69%
BarPressure: 1020
Cloud Cover: overcast
Precipitation: haze on east and west side of ridge (Note: by 4:30 p.m.
after WEEKS of haze, visibility was improved and we could even see distant
ridge to NW.)
Observations:
Nothing flying today.
Chimney Swift flying high.
Common Nighthawk vigil tonight between 4:30 - 7 p.m. EST with Jim
Fitzgeral, Rick Myers and Brenda Tekin. Total of 148 for the evening, all
flying high on the brisk SSW wind. Thousands of Chimney Swift moved
through non-stop, all heading NW through the gap into the valley over
Waynesboro.
Predictions:
Clearing with 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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