Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 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 5 779 3468
Bald Eagle 5 135 325
Northern Harrier 24 118 259
Sharp-shinned Hawk 98 732 1244
Cooper's Hawk 119 1032 1415
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 7 8
Broad-winged Hawk 19 587 1324
Red-tailed Hawk 1 26 74
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 36 1143 3033
Merlin 2 427 1330
Peregrine Falcon 5 829 1337
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: 314 5831 13842
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Anna Stunkel
Observers: Julia Magill, Rudy Cashwell
Weather:
Light to moderate winds were variable with an easterly component. Skies
were overcast with a little blue peeking through during parts of the
afternoon. There was a brief shower in the early afternoon. Temperatures
were in the high fifties to high sixties.
Raptor Observations:
The morning was very slow, but things picked up quite nicely during an
afternoon burst of accipiters. We also saw a good number of harriers today.
Many birds were seen flying out in the distance to the west, over the bay.
Non-raptor Observations:
There was a nice flight of 141 Great Blue Herons today. We are starting to
see American Goldfinches, with a total of 43 counted today (including a
little group of four at the thistle feeder). A side note: our local
mockingbird has been heard mimicking at least 28 bird species, plus sirens
and crickets, to date. Other highlights of the day included:
366 Blue Jays
5 Common Loons
4 Pine Siskins
2 House Finches
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 Great Egret
1 Greater Yellowlegs
1 Purple Finch
1 Red-headed Woodpecker
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Traill's Flycatcher
21 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
