Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 30, 2012
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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 39 2897
Bald Eagle 0 64 255
Northern Harrier 1 149 645
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 891 3300
Cooper's Hawk 1 239 1586
Northern Goshawk 0 10 11
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 73 103
Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 291
Red-tailed Hawk 0 438 572
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 4 6
American Kestrel 0 61 3683
Merlin 0 36 902
Peregrine Falcon 0 12 760
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 46
Unknown Buteo 0 0 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 1 9
Unknown Raptor 0 0 23
Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1
Total: 8 2035 15092
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:45:00
Total observation time: 8.75 hours
Official Counter: Bob Anderson, Steve Kolbe
Observers:
Visitors:
A nice group of folks made it up today.
Weather:
Fairly warm temperatures today with mostly sunny skies and light southwest
winds with a brief shift to the northwest.
Raptor Observations:
Sparse migration for the final official day of the season.
Non-raptor Observations:
Red Crossbills keep coming; 73 more today.
Predictions:
Well, tomorrow is December. But that won't stop at least a few people from
being up on the platform in the coming days/weeks, especially if all these
finches continue!
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke State Park information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
