Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 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 121 1058 1058
Bald Eagle 3 110 110
Northern Harrier 9 75 75
Sharp-shinned Hawk 114 166 166
Cooper's Hawk 24 113 113
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 5
Broad-winged Hawk 0 193 193
Red-tailed Hawk 1 57 57
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 145 726 726
Merlin 83 237 237
Peregrine Falcon 4 19 19
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: 504 2759 2759
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 18:00:00
Total observation time: 11.5 hours
Official Counter: Zak Poulton
Observers: Calvin Brennan
Weather:
A warm day today with a high temperature of 33 degrees Celsius. Wind were
light at ground level from the south but you could tell the clouds were
moving with great speed. This cause a low flight today.
Raptor Observations:
There was a steady flight throughout the morning with Sharp-shinned Hawks
and American Kestrels being the most abundant. The flight path all day was
straight out in front of the platform were they appeared right over the
tree line to the North. This was very productive for the raptor banding
station, they caught 50 raptors today.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
