Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 17, 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 0 34 2892
Bald Eagle 5 41 232
Northern Harrier 3 134 630
Sharp-shinned Hawk 39 822 3231
Cooper's Hawk 13 206 1553
Northern Goshawk 0 8 9
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 68 98
Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 291
Red-tailed Hawk 18 382 516
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 4 6
American Kestrel 2 59 3681
Merlin 1 34 900
Peregrine Falcon 2 7 755
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 46
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: 85 1818 14875
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Observation start time: 06:45:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.25 hours
Official Counter: Steve Kolbe
Observers:
Weather:
Light north winds becoming strong in the afternoon. Mostly sunny skies and
cool temps.
Raptor Observations:
In what seems to be a theme these days, there was a bit of movement today,
mostly in the late morning and early afternoon hours.
Non-raptor Observations:
77 Red Crossbills (including groups of 40, 21, and 7; not including three
heard-only RECR vocalizations), one White-winged Crossbill, one Evening
Grosbeak, one Glaucous Gull, two Cave Swallows.
Predictions:
Northeast winds tomorrow with clouds and a touch warmer.
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
