Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 113 113 2641
Bald Eagle 21 21 145
Northern Harrier 15 15 247
Sharp-shinned Hawk 374 374 4506
Cooper's Hawk 171 171 1151
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 6
Broad-winged Hawk 35 35 434
Red-tailed Hawk 20 20 94
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 79 79 3157
Merlin 22 22 1231
Peregrine Falcon 88 88 534
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 939 939 14146
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 11 hours
Official Counter: Calvin Brennan
Observers: Deb Gingrich, Hal Wierenga, Harry Armistead, Keith Gingrich,
Lynn Davidson, Sue Ricciardi
Weather:
Today saw sunny conditions with some modest cloud cover. Winds were light
and variable.
Raptor Observations:
As the previous day, much of the flight was high making for some
neck-wrenching hawk watching. Thankfully there were enough clouds to make
detection of high-flying birds possible. Cooper's Hawks again today moved
in good numbers and Bald Eagles and Red-tails had their largest movements
of the season.
Non-raptor Observations:
The first few Yellow-rumped Warblers of the season were detected today
amidst another rather lackluster songbird flight.
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
