Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2005
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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 98 115
BE 0 15 29
NH 0 19 21
SS 2 149 164
CH 0 29 33
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 1 1
BW 4 3621 3805
RT 0 44 79
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 2 70 73
ML 1 2 2
PG 0 2 2
UA 1 2 4
UB 0 4 11
UF 0 1 1
UE 0 1 1
UR 0 11 11
Total: 10 4069 4352
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Observation start time: 11:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 4 hours
Official Counter: Brenda Tekin
Observers:
Visitors:
Raptorians Wade and Lisa Hildreth returned for a weekend visit. Just wish
they had been rewarded with good flights and good weather. Other
observers included Rose Thomas, Ed and Donna Lewis and Duane Brown
Weather:
In a word, YUCK! Rain bands from tropical depression Rita moved in
producing low cloud cover with threat of rain. Early morning low clouds
over north ridge. Just an overall gray, dismal day with a definite chill
in the air.
Wind: A slight breeze out of the north changing to SE wind 6-15 km/h;
Temp: 21.5c dropping to 20c.
Humidity: 62%>70%;
cloud cover: 100%
Raptor Observations:
Guess they had better sense to take a break and find a sheltered spot until
front pushed through.
We did get a Merlin, seaon's second, to cruise in close.
What few birds we saw were flying low, some well below eye level.
Non-raptor Observations:
An incredible flight of Monarch Butterfly. A sporadic count and we got
well over 600. The sky was filled with them!
Pileated Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Predictions:
Mostly cloudy
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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