Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 02, 2011
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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 0 4 1998
Bald Eagle 5 8 277
Northern Harrier 4 13 469
Sharp-shinned Hawk 35 84 9483
Cooper's Hawk 15 22 1932
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 5 25
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 1337
Red-tailed Hawk 21 32 250
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 1 2
American Kestrel 1 10 4066
Merlin 1 4 1404
Peregrine Falcon 1 2 756
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 18
Unknown Buteo 0 0 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 20
Unknown Raptor 0 0 48
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2
Total: 88 186 22090
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Kyle Wright
Observers:
Weather:
Light east north east winds with not a cloud in the sky for the whole
day...
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
The avian highlight of the day (other than the HY GOEA of course) was
another White Pelican at 9:43 bird time. Also of note today were an
estimated seven Rusty Blackbirds (all heard, not seen, so take the estimate
with a grain of salt), two Great Blue Herons, sixteen Common Loons, and
about sixty scotters, most of which were Surfs. American Pipits and Eastern
Bluebirds were heard overhead, and another decent fligh of American Robins
occured (sorry, no gumption to count them today). Three Hermit Thrushes
were also seen from the platform; while they catch many such Thrushes back
a few hundred feet into the woods at CVWO's songbird banding station, I
feel like I infrequently see them from the platform. In the non-avian
arena, fourty-three Monarch flutterbys!
Predictions:
The predicted southwest winds and a blue sky do not bode well for a big
flight...
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
