Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 2015
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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 1 17 2223
Bald Eagle 5 23 289
Northern Harrier 4 71 471
Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 132 9114
Cooper's Hawk 2 43 2182
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 14 52
Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 621
Red-tailed Hawk 11 64 170
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 5
American Kestrel 0 9 3698
Merlin 1 7 1682
Peregrine Falcon 1 6 474
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 27
Unknown Buteo 0 0 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 23
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 5
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2
Zone-tailed Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 33 389 21041
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Eli Gross, Harry Armistead
Observers: Harry Armistead
Weather:
Strong winds out of the W from 15-20 mph. A few scattered clouds.
Raptor Observations:
Trickle of raptors
Non-raptor Observations:
Pretty slow morning flight for songbirds. Decent mix of activity on the
bay, with the highlight a light morph Parasitic Jaeger seen several times
throughout the morning.
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke Hawkwatch information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
