Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 23, 2017
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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 0 124 2474
Bald Eagle 6 124 403
Northern Harrier 4 152 500
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 251 2240
Cooper's Hawk 5 201 1437
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 58 76
Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 1196
Red-tailed Hawk 16 235 361
Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 4
Golden Eagle 1 11 11
American Kestrel 0 37 3352
Merlin 1 37 1385
Peregrine Falcon 0 14 785
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 8
Unknown Buteo 0 1 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 1 20
Unknown Raptor 0 1 19
Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1
Total: 41 1253 14274
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Anna Stunkel
Observers:
Weather:
Light winds were generally from the northeast, with mostly cloudy skies and
temperatures in the high thirties to mid forties.
Raptor Observations:
There was a decent flight today, with buteos on the move. A juvenile Golden
Eagle was a nice highlight.
Non-raptor Observations:
There was a big morning blackbird flight, with thousands of birds moving
(mostly Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles). Quite a few robins were
also flying this morning. Both [likely] Ruby-throated Hummingbirds were
present at the feeders. Other observations included:
18 American Pipits
8 Horned Larks
2 Purple Finches
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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
