Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 17, 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 97 1155 1155
Bald Eagle 9 119 119
Northern Harrier 10 85 85
Sharp-shinned Hawk 68 234 234
Cooper's Hawk 16 129 129
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 5
Broad-winged Hawk 2 195 195
Red-tailed Hawk 2 59 59
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 117 843 843
Merlin 49 286 286
Peregrine Falcon 5 24 24
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: 375 3134 3134
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 18:00:00
Total observation time: 12 hours
Official Counter: Zak Poulton
Observers: Calvin Brennan
Weather:
A partly cloudy day with high temperature of 33 degrees Celsius. Winds
from the South West in the morning, but once the afternoon rolled around
the winds switched to South East.
Raptor Observations:
The flight started out in the morning coming from the North straight over
the tree line. During the afternoon the flight path stayed on the same
line but went very high.
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
