Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 05, 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 152 213 214
Bald Eagle 14 18 18
Northern Harrier 7 14 14
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0
Cooper's Hawk 6 16 16
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 23 35 35
Red-tailed Hawk 2 3 3
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 32 47 49
Merlin 4 5 5
Peregrine Falcon 2 2 2
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 8 10
Swallow-tailed Kite 0 1 3
Total: 242 363 370
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Observation start time: 05:30:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 11.5 hours
Official Counter: Karl Bardon
Observers: Bob Anderson, Bridgett Brunea, Chris Foster
Visitors:
Many visitors today!
Weather:
Fairly strong NE wind, partly sunny, 73-80 degrees F
Raptor Observations:
Nice flight of Ospreys, and the first push of falcons
Non-raptor Observations:
18 White Ibis, 23 Glossy Ibis, 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee, 211 Eastern Kingbirds,
3 Red-eyed Vireos, 83 Purple Martins, 12 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 21
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, 2 Veery, 20 Cedar Waxwings, 1 Black-and-white
Warbler, 24 American Redstarts, 3 Northern Parulas, 39 Bobolinks, 122
Red-winged Blackbirds
Predictions:
Sunny with a high near 81, East wind 7-11 mph
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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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