Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 04, 2012
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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 1 16 2874
Bald Eagle 4 12 203
Northern Harrier 13 51 547
Sharp-shinned Hawk 28 222 2631
Cooper's Hawk 2 30 1377
Northern Goshawk 1 2 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 4 34
Broad-winged Hawk 8 9 283
Red-tailed Hawk 46 65 199
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 4
American Kestrel 6 18 3640
Merlin 3 24 890
Peregrine Falcon 1 2 750
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 45
Unknown Buteo 0 0 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 1 9
Unknown Raptor 0 0 23
Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1
Total: 116 458 13515
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Observation start time: 06:45:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 10.25 hours
Official Counter: Steve Kolbe
Observers:
Weather:
Heavy cloud cover for most of the day with nice clearing in the late
afternoon. Light winds out of the northwest. Cool temperatures.
Raptor Observations:
Slow early, but some spurts of activity in the afternoon.
Non-raptor Observations:
Birds of the day were WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL (6) and EVENING GROSBEAK (1).
Today's other highlights include hundreds of American Goldfinches and
Eastern Bluebirds migrating south.
Predictions:
Tomorrow sounds pretty good. North winds and some sun.
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
