Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 15, 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 1 774 3463
Bald Eagle 1 130 320
Northern Harrier 4 94 235
Sharp-shinned Hawk 19 634 1146
Cooper's Hawk 25 913 1296
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 7 8
Broad-winged Hawk 0 568 1305
Red-tailed Hawk 1 25 73
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 3 1107 2997
Merlin 6 425 1328
Peregrine Falcon 13 824 1332
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: 73 5517 13528
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Anna Stunkel
Observers: Julia Magill, Rudy Cashwell
Weather:
Moderate winds were mostly from the southwest, with mostly cloudy to partly
cloudy skies and temperatures in the seventies to low eighties.
Raptor Observations:
It was very slow. We saw several adult Cooper's Hawks today. At least most
of the birds were very low-flying.
Non-raptor Observations:
Observations included:
44 Blue Jays
7 Red-bellied Woodpeckers
2 Northern Pintails
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 Red-headed Woodpecker
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
7 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
