Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 30, 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 0 22 2016
Bald Eagle 2 32 301
Northern Harrier 0 78 534
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 443 9842
Cooper's Hawk 2 145 2055
Northern Goshawk 0 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 35 55
Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 1340
Red-tailed Hawk 2 172 390
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 6 7
American Kestrel 0 37 4093
Merlin 0 16 1416
Peregrine Falcon 1 17 771
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 20
Unknown Buteo 0 0 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 2 22
Unknown Raptor 0 4 52
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2
Total: 12 1017 22921
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Kyle Wright
Observers:
Weather:
Colder behind yesterday's cold front, with an afternoon high of 10.5c. Some
clouds later in the day, with a west southwest wind regularly gusting above
15mph.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
November 30th is the official end to CVWOâs fall hawkcounting season at
Kiptopeke State Park, and as such, my last day on the platform. The birds,
of course, do not carry little 12 month calendars that indicate to them
that they have to migrate by a certain date. Furthermore, as I have
indicated in recent posts, November is coming a bit later this year, and
based on numbers at Great Lakes sites and Pennsylvania ridge sites in the
last week or two, there are still Red-tails and others left to move south.
We may have volunteer counters on the platform a bit over the next few
weeks, but if youâre in the area on a north or east wind, stop by and see
whatâs flying. There may not be official someones there to give some two
cents on what youâre seeing and/or provide other forms of entertainment,
but it can still be fun!
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
