Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2009
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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 6 779 3307
Bald Eagle 17 208 332
Northern Harrier 29 244 476
Sharp-shinned Hawk 139 4010 8142
Cooper's Hawk 60 1670 2650
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 26 31
Broad-winged Hawk 3 354 753
Red-tailed Hawk 10 146 220
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 55 1239 4317
Merlin 3 428 1637
Peregrine Falcon 2 659 1105
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 4 4
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Total: 327 9769 22976
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Observation start time: 06:15:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.75 hours
Official Counter: Calvin Brennan
Observers:
Visitors:
Jeff Giles
Ned Brinkley
Weather:
Mostly overcast conditions were seen today with a few sunny breaks,
especially in the morning. Winds were moderate north to north-northeast
becoming north-northwest in the afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
The flight today was a bit more substantial than the last couple of days
with quite a bit of the flight being high. Harriers had one of their better
days of late and Kestrels continued in decent numbers. One Kestrel was
noted flying by eating a small rodent on the wing.
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
