Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 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 20 799 3327
Bald Eagle 5 213 337
Northern Harrier 20 264 496
Sharp-shinned Hawk 484 4494 8626
Cooper's Hawk 79 1749 2729
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 30 35
Broad-winged Hawk 0 354 753
Red-tailed Hawk 22 168 242
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 68 1307 4385
Merlin 6 434 1643
Peregrine Falcon 4 663 1109
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: 712 10481 23688
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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:
Rod Gardner
Weather:
Bright overcast conditions were seen today with sunny breaks during the
middle portions of the day. Heavier cloud cover moved into the area ahead
of the rain forecast for tonight and tomorrow. Winds were light to moderate
varying from east to east-northeast.
Raptor Observations:
A steady movement was seen right from the beginning of the day today,
dropping off sharply in mid afternoon. Sharpies dominated the flight and by
day's end had their largest movement of the fall. Harriers again had a
decent flight and a nice spurt of Ospreys was seen in the afternoon.
Non-raptor Observations:
Today marked the first large movement of Robins, numbering conservatively
in the 8-10 thousand ballpark.
Several small groups of Snow Geese were also noted.
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
