Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 07, 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 28 2886
Bald Eagle 1 20 211
Northern Harrier 3 78 574
Sharp-shinned Hawk 15 399 2808
Cooper's Hawk 1 62 1409
Northern Goshawk 0 3 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 49 79
Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 291
Red-tailed Hawk 8 289 423
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 4 6
American Kestrel 1 40 3662
Merlin 0 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: 32 1019 14076
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Observation start time: 09:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Steve Kolbe
Observers:
Weather:
Rain early delayed the opening of the count. Cool temperatures and mostly
cloudy skies the rest of the way with a few spots of blue.
Raptor Observations:
Quite slow movement-wise. Decent numbers of hunting raptors were around for
much of the day.
Non-raptor Observations:
200+ migrating Ring-billed Gulls.
Predictions:
Some sun tomorrow with strong northwest winds.
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
