Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 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 12 773 3462
Bald Eagle 7 126 316
Northern Harrier 14 83 224
Sharp-shinned Hawk 68 562 1074
Cooper's Hawk 72 842 1225
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 7 8
Broad-winged Hawk 26 554 1291
Red-tailed Hawk 3 20 68
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 76 1095 2985
Merlin 9 412 1315
Peregrine Falcon 1 805 1313
Unknown Accipiter 0 3 3
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 9 16
Unknown Raptor 0 3 5
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Total: 288 5295 13306
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 10.5 hours
Official Counter: Anna Stunkel, Brian Taber
Observers: Brian Taber, Julia Magill, Rose Leong, Steve Thornhill,
Wes Hetrick
Visitors:
Thanks to the Williamsburg Bird Club for stopping by today.
Weather:
Light winds were variable with a northerly component. Skies were overcast
in the morning and partly cloudy in the afternoon. Temperatures were in the
high fifties to sixties.
Raptor Observations:
It was a slow day, but there was a little burst of low-flying birds in the
morning.
Non-raptor Observations:
We participated in the Big Sit today, and tallied a nice total of 74 bird
species seen and/or heard from the platform. Several visitors helped out.
An Orange-crowned Warbler in the Deodar Cedar was a nice highlight. Other
observations included:
37 Great Blue Herons
30 Cedar Waxwings
~10 Red-breasted Nuthatches
7 Purple Finches
5 White Ibises
3 American Goldfinches
3 Great Egrets
2 Common Loons
2 House Finches
2 Pine Siskins
2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
1 Cape May Warbler
1 Northern Gannet (FOS)
1 Northern Pintail
1 White-throated Sparrow (FOS)
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
55 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
