Seaside Hawkwatch
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 19, 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 9 315 1168
Bald Eagle 19 104 197
Northern Harrier 14 118 263
Sharp-shinned Hawk 91 818 1707
Cooper's Hawk 82 385 808
Northern Goshawk 1 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 12 16
Broad-winged Hawk 17 264 656
Red-tailed Hawk 16 84 154
Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 1
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 7 113 363
Merlin 1 67 154
Peregrine Falcon 5 165 228
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: 266 2448 5719
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Zak Poulton
Observers:
Weather:
Raptor Observations:
Great day for seaside today, including the first Rough-legged Hawk of the
year. Also a Northern Goshawk was spotted to the west.
Non-raptor Observations:
Seems there were a lot of birds waiting for the storm system to clear so
they could continue migrating. There were flocks of Eastern Meadowlarks,
Buffleheads,Red-breasted Mergansers, Snow Geese, and more Tree Swallows
then you could count.
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
