Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 04, 2008
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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 1 17
BE 0 0 10
NH 1 1 3
SS 3 3 21
CH 0 0 4
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 18 18 261
RT 0 0 0
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 0 0 4
ML 0 0 0
PG 0 0 0
UA 0 0 0
UB 0 0 0
UF 0 0 0
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 0 1
Total: 23 23 321
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 12:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Vic Laubach
Observers:
Weather:
Hot, calm, cloudless day! Temperature reached 27.5*C, humidity started at
68% and ending at 55%. Hazy in the distance. Very light breeze from the
south.
Raptor Observations:
Slow day. The first raptor was an Osprey at 9am and the last bird was a
distant Northern Harrier. Broad-winged Hawks were mostly in pairs.
Non-raptor Observations:
Lots of Chimney Swifts.
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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
Directions to site:
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.
