Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 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 2 3 19
BE 0 0 10
NH 0 1 3
SS 1 4 22
CH 0 0 4
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 2 20 263
RT 1 1 1
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: 6 29 327
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Observation start time: 13:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 2 hours
Official Counter: Vic Laubach
Observers:
Weather:
Tropical Storm Hanna came through last night and this morning. The rain
just stopped. Winds on the mountain were still very hard and gusty, from
the NW at 50-60 km/hr. The sky was still mostly dark clouds. Temperature
was 25*C, humidity = 66%.
Raptor Observations:
Not much flying other than some Turkey and Black Vultures. Two Ospreys did
fly steadily southward high up. Two Broad-winged and one Sharp-shinned
hawks were observed struggling southward, and a single Red-Tailed Hawk
soared a low but steady line south.
Non-raptor Observations:
Lots of Chimney Swifts about.
Predictions:
Sunny and warm, winds from NW
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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.
