Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 07, 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 0 3 19
BE 0 0 10
NH 0 1 3
SS 4 8 26
CH 1 1 5
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 24 44 287
RT 1 2 2
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 7 7 11
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 1 1 2
Total: 38 67 365
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Vic Laubach
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Robert Plank
Weather:
Clear blue skies all day. Warm with temp. starting at 18*C with a high of
25*C. Hardly a cloud all day except a few clouds came in during the last 2
hours. Humidity ranged from 72% to 47%. Light breezes from NW in the
morning shifting to SW in afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
Slow day. Most raptors observed between 1-4 pm.
Non-raptor Observations:
Far more hummingbirds than raptors were observed today with a total of 68.
In addition, there were lots of Chimney Swifts as well as dragonflies all
day. Five Ravens and 8 Monarchs.
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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.
