Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 02, 2020
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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 4 15 16
Bald Eagle 0 2 2
Northern Harrier 0 6 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0
Cooper's Hawk 0 6 6
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1 4 4
Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 1
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 13 15
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 5 7
Swallow-tailed Kite 0 1 3
Total: 6 54 61
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Karl Bardon
Observers: Bridgett Brunea
Visitors:
Joe Beatty, Ned Brinkley
Weather:
light south wind shifting to light west, sunny, high of 90 degrees F
Raptor Observations:
Very slow day!
Non-raptor Observations:
Slow- 1 Red-headed Woodpecker, 26 Eastern Kingbirds, 59 Purple Martins, 20
Barn Swallows, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 14 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, 1
Yellow-throated Warbler, 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler, 2 American
Redstarts
Predictions:
Tomorrow will likely be slow again with a high of 92 and a heat index of
105, but Friday and especially Saturday sound like much better days with
increasingly strong N wind
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke Hawkwatch information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
More site information at hawkcount.org:
http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=484
Count data submitted via Dunkadoo - Project info at:
https://dunkadoo.org/explore/cvwo/kiptopeke-hawk-count-2020
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