Seaside Hawkwatch
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 03, 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 36 77 930
Bald Eagle 3 14 107
Northern Harrier 6 20 165
Sharp-shinned Hawk 73 175 1064
Cooper's Hawk 33 64 487
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 2 6
Broad-winged Hawk 11 52 444
Red-tailed Hawk 1 9 79
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 2 22 272
Merlin 1 12 99
Peregrine Falcon 18 31 94
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 186 478 3749
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Bob Anderson, Zak Poulton
Observers: Bob Anderson, Harry Armistead
Weather:
In the morning the winds came from the SSW, but by midday it had changed to
South for the rest of the day.
Raptor Observations:
Most of the clouds cover today was very low making it difficult to see the
high raptors.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
