Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 07, 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 22 214 222
Bald Eagle 4 20 20
Northern Harrier 2 8 9
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0
Cooper's Hawk 0 14 14
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 4 5
Red-tailed Hawk 0 5 6
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 15 42 43
Merlin 0 4 4
Peregrine Falcon 2 4 4
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: 45 315 327
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Anna Stunkel
Observers:
Weather:
Light winds started out mostly from the southwest, becoming more westerly
and then southeasterly. Skies were mostly clear to partly cloudy, with
temperatures in the mid seventies to high eighties.
Raptor Observations:
It was still relatively slow, but there were some nice views of passing
harriers and peregrines today. For the most part, migrating raptors were
high-flying.
Non-raptor Observations:
Some Barn Swallows were on the move this afternoon, but passerine activity
was rather quiet in general. One Great Egret flew by. Drama unfolded when a
large jumping spider was attacked by a wasp on the platform roof, and they
both tumbled to the ground.
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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
