Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 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 157 581 589
Bald Eagle 3 28 28
Northern Harrier 2 17 18
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 2 2
Cooper's Hawk 0 20 20
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 18
Red-tailed Hawk 0 8 9
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 4 97 98
Merlin 86 106 106
Peregrine Falcon 18 45 45
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: 270 921 933
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 18:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Anna Stunkel
Observers:
Weather:
There were some showers this morning, followed by on and off sprinkles.
Strong winds were generally from the east and east northeast, with overcast
skies and temperatures in the high seventies to low eighties.
Raptor Observations:
Things are finally starting to pick up! There was a good flight of Ospreys,
Merlins, and peregrines today. Birds were flying quite low, and almost all
of them were close to the platform as they headed southwards.
Non-raptor Observations:
Observations included:
142 Bobolinks
29 yellowlegs sp.
17 Canada Geese
8 Great Blue Herons
3 Semipalmated Plovers
1 Chimney Swift
1 White Ibis
Predictions:
The park will be open to the public again starting tomorrow. Hope to see
you there!
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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
