Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 06, 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 3 25 2883
Bald Eagle 4 19 210
Northern Harrier 15 75 571
Sharp-shinned Hawk 86 384 2793
Cooper's Hawk 18 61 1408
Northern Goshawk 1 3 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 24 49 79
Broad-winged Hawk 4 17 291
Red-tailed Hawk 136 281 415
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 4 6
American Kestrel 8 39 3661
Merlin 1 27 893
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: 300 987 14044
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.5 hours
Official Counter: Steve Kolbe
Observers: Ned Brinkley
Weather:
Cold temperatures today (frost!) with light northeast winds, and mostly
cloudy skies.
Raptor Observations:
A wonderful day of movement! Excellent flight of Red-tailed Hawks in the
late morning along with good numbers of Red-shouldered Hawks.
Non-raptor Observations:
Two AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS went south along the beach, one WHITE-WINGED
CROSSBILL flew over, as did at least 26 EVENING GROSBEAKS including a flock
of 20.
Predictions:
Sounds a bit ugly. Rain and wind.
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
