Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 09, 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 10 190 220
Bald Eagle 0 8 9
Northern Harrier 2 13 18
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 2 2
Cooper's Hawk 1 27 29
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 5 6
Red-tailed Hawk 0 6 7
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 81 94
Merlin 2 9 11
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 3
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 2 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 16 345 401
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Aaron Bevill
Observers:
Visitors:
Bill and Gill came by today. They left pretty early.
Weather:
hot and still
Raptor Observations:
flight very low today. Osprey flying about 25m. Too many to be all local
and foraging.
Non-raptor Observations:
Painfully still. Hours with nothing but Planes in the air. Not pigeons,
gulls, dragonflies, nothing.
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
