Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 15, 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 0 18 2224
Bald Eagle 4 34 300
Northern Harrier 8 82 482
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 142 9124
Cooper's Hawk 5 51 2190
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 18 56
Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 621
Red-tailed Hawk 38 125 231
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 5
American Kestrel 0 9 3698
Merlin 0 7 1682
Peregrine Falcon 1 7 475
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: 64 496 21148
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Eli Gross
Observers: Harry Armistead, Ned Brinkley
Weather:
Clear, cool day with winds out of the NW
Raptor Observations:
Trickle of Red-tails and a few Harriers
Non-raptor Observations:
Outstanding finch flight with 1794 American Goldfinches and 248 Purple
Finches. Other notables were 13 Cave Swallows, 1 Dickcissel, 5 Red-breasted
Nuthatch, 21 Wood Duck, 41 Rusty Blackbird.
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke Hawkwatch information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
