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An Incredible Day at Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch!

9/22/2016

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MY OH MY we just had quite an INCREDIBLE Broad-wing day! Our final count of 8,387 is a new fourth highest single day record in the history of Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch! An awesome morning liftoff was followed by a steady flow of Broad-wings down the west side of the gap for over an hour totaling nearly 4,000. Lots of low kettles, many close by, offering great views! A few hours midday were slower but still entertaining and then things picked back up from 1-3pm with over 1,300 birds in those two hours. However it was not until after 4pm EST when we realized exactly how PHENOMENAL the day was going to end up being! From 4-5 we witnessed 2,115 Broad-wings migrating south fairly low in the sky, most directly overhead. It was that spectacular late afternoon flight that put us over the 8,300 mark for the day and one for the record books.  

Enjoy the video below by David Small, a local secondary school teacher filmed today for his class.
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