Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 07, 2010
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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 17 311 311
Bald Eagle 0 41 41
Northern Harrier 0 18 18
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 8 8
Cooper's Hawk 0 5 5
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 3
Broad-winged Hawk 0 4 4
Red-tailed Hawk 0 10 10
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 89 89
Merlin 0 6 6
Peregrine Falcon 0 6 6
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 17 501 501
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Zak Poulton
Observers: Calvin Brennan
Weather:
Another day of clear blue skies. Clam in the morning changing to light
winds from the South. High temperature of 30 degrees Celsius.
Raptor Observations:
A slow day with only Ospreys moving South. The total count day was 17
with all of them being Ospreys.
Non-raptor Observations:
The park was dead today with the only exciting bird being a Blue-Gray
Gnatcatcher feeding around the platform. The songbird banding station only
caught 6 birds today.
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
