Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 12, 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 21 761 3450
Bald Eagle 14 119 309
Northern Harrier 5 69 210
Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 494 1006
Cooper's Hawk 55 770 1153
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 7 8
Broad-winged Hawk 54 528 1265
Red-tailed Hawk 0 17 65
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 110 1019 2909
Merlin 48 403 1306
Peregrine Falcon 4 804 1312
Unknown Accipiter 0 3 3
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 2 9 16
Unknown Raptor 0 3 5
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Total: 326 5007 13018
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 17:30:00
Total observation time: 10.5 hours
Official Counter: Anna Stunkel
Observers: Bill Purcell, Eli Gross, Julia Magill, Ned Brinkley,
Rose Leong, Wes Hetrick
Weather:
Winds started out strong, and became lighter as the day progressed. Wind
direction was generally from the northwest. Skies were deep blue with no
clouds whatsoever for most of the day. It finally felt like fall thanks to
the cold front, with temperatures in the sixties.
Raptor Observations:
Birds were very high-flying throughout most of the day. There was a nice
little burst of small falcons in the evening.
Non-raptor Observations:
We saw a single flock of 59 Great Egrets today! They were flying together
in a v-formation, heading southwest. Another flock of seven Great Egrets
also passed. There was a big flight of at least 240 Chimney Swifts as well.
Wes found a beautiful Eastern Hog-nosed Snake near the butterfly garden.
Other observations included:
26 Surf Scoters
2 Black Scoters
1 Cape May Warbler
1 Common Loon (FOS)
1 Common Nighthawk
1 Dunlin
1 White Ibis
15 Monarchs
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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
