Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2011
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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 23 756 1915
Bald Eagle 4 80 198
Northern Harrier 14 213 351
Sharp-shinned Hawk 635 3828 7969
Cooper's Hawk 125 879 1547
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 6
Broad-winged Hawk 20 1016 1312
Red-tailed Hawk 6 59 104
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 125 1811 3863
Merlin 39 542 1249
Peregrine Falcon 24 365 678
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 18
Unknown Buteo 0 1 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 9 17
Unknown Raptor 4 26 45
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 1019 9594 19276
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 9.5 hours
Official Counter: Kyle Wright
Observers:
Weather:
Clear, with light winds, variable in the morning and becoming mostly
southeast in the afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
A spread out flight, and if I had a second counter, I have no doubt there
would have been at least one and a half if not two times as many birds.
Only one Broad-winged was close enough to age, that bird interestingly
being an adult. Shortly after that bird's passage, a kettle of 17
Broad-wingeds was seen well to the east.
Non-raptor Observations:
Eastern Bluebird-3, Eastern Meadowlark-8, Common Loon-1, American Robin
~805, Cedar Waxwing ~130, Northern Flicker-109, Mixed Icterids ~4500,
Common Nighthawk-2. Also Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green,
Black-throated Blue, Palm, and Cape May Warblers, plus Yellow-breasted Chat
and Northern Parula.
Predictions:
Rain, may be no count conducted.
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
