Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 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 0 8 277
Northern Harrier 4 17 473
Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 100 9499
Cooper's Hawk 3 25 1935
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 7 27
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 1337
Red-tailed Hawk 2 34 252
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 2
American Kestrel 1 11 4067
Merlin 2 6 1406
Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 30 216 22120
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Kyle Wright
Observers:
Weather:
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
One more Monarch Flutter-by counted than there were migrating raptors
counted today; not striking me as normal or healthy for the hawk counter's
ego. (Dare I threaten that if this keeps up, I'll have to get more liberal
with counting them Red-tails and Bald Eagles?) Only one Common Loon noted
today. Nine Eastern Meadowlarks were seen, and at least one Rusty Blackbird
was heard, but few icterids in general relative to the last few days, and
virtually no Robins or Yellow-rumped Warblers to speak of. It was, however,
a Spizella Sparrow day today, with a Clay-colored seen for a few too breif
seconds, conservativly 20 Field Sparrows seen, and of course about 200+
Chipping Sparrows.
Predictions:
A cold front and low are predicted to pass on Friday, with a 50% chance of
rain with the front and north winds behind it. May bring a few more birds
tommorrow, but if I were a betting woman or man, I'd be thinking there was
going to be a decent flight on Saturday after all the remnants of the front
had cleared and with 15-20mph winds from the northeast being predicted.
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
