Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2018
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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 40 192 200
Bald Eagle 1 16 16
Northern Harrier 2 6 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0
Cooper's Hawk 5 14 14
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 2 4 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1 5 6
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 11 27 28
Merlin 0 4 4
Peregrine Falcon 0 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
Total: 62 270 282
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Anna Stunkel
Observers:
Weather:
Winds were light and variable, often from the southwest and west southwest.
Skies were partly cloudy, with hot temperatures in the mid seventies to
high eighties.
Raptor Observations:
Most birds were flying high and far out on the east side today. There was a
decent Osprey flight, along with a few kestrels.
Non-raptor Observations:
Today, two Anhingas made an appearance! They flew over the platform heading
northwards at 11:31 AM EST today, and then circled high before continuing
onwards to the north. There was very little passerine migration today.
Twelve Cedar Waxwings flew by.
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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-2018
