Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 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 37 2895
Bald Eagle 0 42 233
Northern Harrier 1 139 635
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 841 3250
Cooper's Hawk 1 216 1563
Northern Goshawk 0 9 10
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 69 99
Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 291
Red-tailed Hawk 2 399 533
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 4 6
American Kestrel 0 59 3681
Merlin 1 35 901
Peregrine Falcon 1 10 758
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: 8 1879 14936
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Brian Taber, Steve Kolbe
Observers: Bill Williams, Brian Taber, Ned Brinkley
Weather:
Heavy clouds throughout with light northeast winds strengthening and then
lessening as the day progressed. Cool temperatures.
Raptor Observations:
Well, we saw as many finch SPECIES as we saw total number of migrating
hawks. But who's complaining?
Non-raptor Observations:
An EIGHT FINCH day today! A single Common Redpoll heading north started the
day off right, and was quickly followed by two White-winged Crossbills and
a unseen but heard flock of Red Crossbills. A second flock of Red
Crossbills totaling 18 individuals passed south and briefly stopped before
continuing on their way. Throughout the morning, American Goldfinches were
moving south in small groups and hanging out by the feeders. A few House
Finches, Pine Siskins and Purple Finches were detected flying overhead,
leaving Evening Grosbeak as the only realistic finch for the day (but maybe
not for the year?). After a bit of a wait, two beautiful Evening Grosbeaks
flew right overhead! Eight finches from the platform!
Predictions:
Cloudy with a chance of finches.
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
