Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 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 1 795 1954
Bald Eagle 2 138 256
Northern Harrier 8 237 375
Sharp-shinned Hawk 205 4784 8925
Cooper's Hawk 39 1137 1805
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 13 14
Broad-winged Hawk 7 1032 1328
Red-tailed Hawk 11 101 146
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 19 1909 3961
Merlin 6 646 1353
Peregrine Falcon 3 412 725
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 18
Unknown Buteo 0 1 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 10 18
Unknown Raptor 2 29 48
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 305 11248 20930
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.5 hours
Official Counter: Kyle Wright
Observers:
Weather:
Painfully blue skies, with a bit of north wind in the morning, but soon
changing to east and east southeast orrigins... sigh.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
Four Red-bellied Woodpeckers, three Eastern Meadowlarks (although come to
think of it, even more meaningful than the comment on the herons yesterday,
do I really know they were all Easterns?), twelve Eastern Bluebirds, eight
Great Blue Herons, and one Common Loon. American Robins and Nothern
Flickers were only counted from seven to eight, bird time, totaling 640 and
110 respectivly. Also noted today were Northern Parula, Black-throated Blue
Warbler, both versions of Palm Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and
Blackpoll Warbler, in addition to a handfull (each) of American Pipits,
American Goldfinches, and Pine Siskins. Twenty-nine Monarch flutter-bys.
Predictions:
The predicted few days of blue skies and variable winds ahead will likely
make for a cranky counter with fewer birds, many potentially giving less
than satisfactory looks. Not trying to discourage anyone from comming to
the platform (and anyone reading this regularly knows how wrong my
predictions can be), but have to tell the truth of what you might be in
for!
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
