Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 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 7 775 1934
Bald Eagle 5 115 233
Northern Harrier 1 215 353
Sharp-shinned Hawk 154 4251 8392
Cooper's Hawk 67 1007 1675
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 6
Broad-winged Hawk 3 1019 1315
Red-tailed Hawk 1 63 108
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 32 1878 3930
Merlin 17 635 1342
Peregrine Falcon 2 403 716
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 18
Unknown Buteo 0 1 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 10 18
Unknown Raptor 0 26 45
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 289 10407 20089
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Observation start time: 06:45:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 10.25 hours
Official Counter: Bob Anderson, Kyle Wright
Observers:
Weather:
Blue skies and high pressure, with west winds sustained around 10mph in the
morning, lessening and becoming calm for the last few hours of the count.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
Four Common Loons, about fourty White Ibis, one Common Nighthawk, about
twenty Cedar Waxwings. Also Nashville, Yellow Palm, Blackpoll,
Black-and-white, Black-throated Blue, Northern Parula, and of course
Yellow-rumped Warblers. One hundred ninteen Monarch Flutter-bys.
Predictions:
North winds predicted for Saturday and northeast for Sunday, should be a
good weekend for hawkwatching at Kiptopeke...
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
