Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 17, 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 8 51 317
Northern Harrier 9 95 495
Sharp-shinned Hawk 31 186 9168
Cooper's Hawk 14 84 2223
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 35 65 103
Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 621
Red-tailed Hawk 72 227 333
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 1 6
American Kestrel 0 9 3698
Merlin 0 8 1683
Peregrine Falcon 2 9 477
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 27
Unknown Buteo 0 0 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 23
Unknown Raptor 0 1 1
Mississippi Kite 0 0 5
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2
Zone-tailed Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 172 757 21409
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Eli Gross
Observers: Ned Brinkley
Weather:
Overcast layer in the early morning broke apart during the day leaving a
sky that was great for hawkwatching. Temps in the high 50's and wind out of
the E for much of the day.
Raptor Observations:
Real nice day of buteo movement. Seasonal daily high for both Red-shoulders
and Red-tails. Also had a first year Golden Eagle at 1315. A couple late
juvenile Peregrines were also nice.
Non-raptor Observations:
Fantastic morning of movement for all non-raptor species. Busy for
waterbird species on the bay as well as songbird species. The finch
movement continued with 1624 American Goldfinches and 314 Purple Finches.
Additionally Cave Swallows continue in large numbers, with 57 today, which
is likely an undercount as Cave Swallows were in view the entire day. Other
notables: Parasitic Jaeger (1), Black Scoter (163), Surf Scoter (64),
Common Loon (56), Bonaparte's Gull (27), American Robin (21292), Red-winged
Blackbird (6863), Rusty Blackbird (19).
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke Hawkwatch information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
