Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 29, 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 15 15
BE 0 14 14
NH 0 1 1
SS 0 13 13
CH 0 4 4
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 0 183 183
RT 0 34 34
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 0 3 3
ML 0 0 0
PG 0 0 0
UA 0 2 2
UB 0 7 7
UF 0 0 0
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 0 0
Total: 0 276 276
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 12:00:00
Total observation time: 4 hours
Official Counter: Wm (Bill) Gallagher
Observers:
Weather:
Overcast with approaching cold front and outer bands of Katrina working its
way northward after destroying/pulverizing the Louisiana and Mississippi
Gulf coast. Wind out of the SE increasing from 1-5 km/h to 6-11 km/h. Fog
in and out all morning with a few patches of blue.
Humidity: 74%>77% dropping to 62%;
Bar.Pressure: 1014
Raptor Observations:
With approaching bad weather migrating raptors were non-existant.
Non-raptor Observations:
a single Monarch Butterfly, Clouded Sulpher, Cabbage White, and flying
ants
Predictions:
deteriating conditions with rain and wind
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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
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