Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 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 34 334 342
Bald Eagle 0 25 25
Northern Harrier 3 15 16
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 2 2
Cooper's Hawk 4 19 19
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 10 17 18
Red-tailed Hawk 0 7 8
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 6 91 92
Merlin 0 12 12
Peregrine Falcon 5 19 19
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: 63 541 553
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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:
Light to moderate winds mostly wavered between east southeast and east
northeast, with partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid seventies
to mid eighties.
Raptor Observations:
Broad-wing movement picked up a bit today, and several peregrines passed.
It's nice to see some consistent migration of a few peregrines per day this
early; hopefully it bodes well for a strong movement later as well.
Non-raptor Observations:
Since two additional hummingbird feeders have been added to the platform,
activity has been hopping! Today I estimated about eight Ruby-throated
Hummingbirds zipping back and forth, quite possibly more. Tree Swallow
movement suddenly burst forth today, with at least a couple hundred of them
flying. Three Glossy Ibises were seen on the east side. A Common Five-lined
Skink was sunning on the platform this morning. An assortment of various
fuzzy caterpillars were crawling around on the platform, also.
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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
