Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 05, 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 6 22 2880
Bald Eagle 3 15 206
Northern Harrier 9 60 556
Sharp-shinned Hawk 76 298 2707
Cooper's Hawk 13 43 1390
Northern Goshawk 0 2 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 21 25 55
Broad-winged Hawk 4 13 287
Red-tailed Hawk 80 145 279
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 2 4 6
American Kestrel 13 31 3653
Merlin 2 26 892
Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 229 687 13744
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 10.5 hours
Official Counter: Steve Kolbe
Observers: Brian Taber, Ned Brinkley
Weather:
Cool temperatures, light north winds shifting to the northeast, and mostly
cloudy skies today.
Raptor Observations:
A very enjoyable day of movement. Nice numbers of Red-shouldered and
Red-tailed Hawks. Two Golden Eagles today! Both were subadult birds, with
the first appearing "split-tailed," and the second looking basically like a
juvenile but sporting a prominent mottled upperwing bar.
Non-raptor Observations:
Bird of the day today was EVENING GROSBEAK. A conservative count of 22
grosbeaks flew past today including a group of 10.
The feeders are really buzzing right now with loads of Pine Siskins,
Red-breasted Nuthatches, American Goldfinches, a few Purple Finches, etc.
Quite ensorcelling.
Predictions:
Tomorrow sounds pretty good. Northeast winds with some sun. Hawks, finches,
who knows what else?
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
