Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 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 65 75
BE 0 11 18
NH 0 9 13
SS 30 117 134
CH 3 16 24
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 2 2
BW 39 3791 3948
RT 1 18 38
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 2 2
AK 0 23 29
ML 1 5 6
PG 0 3 3
UA 1 4 5
UB 2 2 4
UF 0 2 4
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 5 9
Total: 77 4075 4314
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 17:30:00
Total observation time: 10.5 hours
Official Counter: Jennifer Gaden
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Gordy Adamski, Jennifer Gaden, Robert Plank
Visitors:
F. Bricker, Marton Ocks, Paul Saunier, Nancy Davidson, Tom Pendleton, John
Irvine, Lynn Juliana, Bruce Grimes
Weather:
Stationary high pressure system producing bright blue skies and no wind to
speak of as the day wore on...
Wind speed: NW to NNW 13-19 km/h diminishing to maybe 1 km/h by 10 a.m.
EST. changing to a more southerly flow.
Humidity: 46% > 52%
Bar.Pressure: 1022
Cloud Cover: Crystal clear blue, no fog or haze; there was not even a
whisper of a cloud before 1 p.m. EST. Thin whisps of cirrus clouds began
to creep in by mid-afternoon on the less than 1 km/h wind speed. By then
the wind had changed to southerly flow.
Observations:
Things came to an almost screeching halt. There were almost as many
Sharp-shinned as Broad-wing! No eagles or osprey...
Although no clouds against bright blue sky, reports are what few birds
came through were relatively low throughout the morning.
The bulk of the Broad-wing, all 12 of them, came through between 1-2
p.m.EST. 2nd best hour was 2-3 (EST) with 7 BW!
After 3 p.m. only 1 bird, a Sharp-shinned.
Hummingbird: 2
Blue Jay: reports of numerous jays crossing the gap
Cedar Waxwing: quite a few bands continue to move back and forth.
Monarch Butterfly: 11
Predictions:
Sunshine with increasing cloud cover and bit cooler. Maybe some hawks too
please!
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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
***Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA - Established 1976***
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.
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