Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 08, 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 15 755 1644
Bald Eagle 3 69 126
Northern Harrier 7 74 203
Sharp-shinned Hawk 258 1832 3198
Cooper's Hawk 60 811 1230
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 3
Broad-winged Hawk 1 293 401
Red-tailed Hawk 4 24 55
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 31 553 2441
Merlin 33 273 725
Peregrine Falcon 16 545 723
Unknown Accipiter 0 6 7
Unknown Buteo 0 0 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 0 8 29
Total: 428 5246 10788
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Observation start time: 07:15:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 9.25 hours
Official Counter: Aaron Bevill, Bob Anderson
Observers:
Visitors:
Tom Brorowski
Gary Costannzo
Weather:
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
Monarchs:
8-9:7
9-10:10
10-11:15
11-12:13
12-13:8
13-14:11
14-15:12
15-16: 3
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
