Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2013
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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 2 7 2000
Bald Eagle 4 5 183
Northern Harrier 4 12 350
Sharp-shinned Hawk 15 52 4627
Cooper's Hawk 21 50 1723
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 3 17
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 400
Red-tailed Hawk 10 14 210
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1
Golden Eagle 0 0 4
American Kestrel 2 4 2469
Merlin 3 18 1356
Peregrine Falcon 0 9 620
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 10
Unknown Buteo 0 0 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 18
Unknown Raptor 1 1 37
Total: 65 175 14028
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Katie Rittenhouse
Observers: Brian Taber, Steve Kolbe, Zak Poulton
Weather:
Partly cloudy skies with strong northwest winds.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
Large flight of American Robins (1500) in the morning. Also, several small
flocks of Eastern Bluebirds, one flock of Canada Geese (16) and Snow Geese
(27)
Predictions:
Mostly sunny and northeast winds 10-20mph.
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke Hawkwatch information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
