Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2008
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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 106 219 1108
Bald Eagle 2 18 75
Northern Harrier 9 19 148
Sharp-shinned Hawk 257 568 1934
Cooper's Hawk 138 212 631
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 3 3
Broad-winged Hawk 113 146 254
Red-tailed Hawk 3 7 38
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 24 240 2128
Merlin 33 60 512
Peregrine Falcon 134 194 372
Unknown Accipiter 0 6 7
Unknown Buteo 0 0 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 0 6 27
Total: 822 1698 7240
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 11 hours
Official Counter: Aaron Bevill, Harry Armisted
Observers:
Weather:
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
Butterflies by hour:
7: 3
8:10
9:9
10:-
11:-
12:4
1:9
2:9
3:3
4:1
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
