Kiptopeke Hawkwatch
Tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 31, 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 3 442 2206
Bald Eagle 4 151 266
Northern Harrier 10 249 400
Sharp-shinned Hawk 40 6442 8982
Cooper's Hawk 20 1710 2139
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 10 34 38
Broad-winged Hawk 0 370 620
Red-tailed Hawk 19 89 106
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 2 5 5
American Kestrel 0 1989 3689
Merlin 2 606 1675
Peregrine Falcon 2 196 468
Unknown Accipiter 0 22 26
Unknown Buteo 0 1 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 7 23
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 5
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2
Zone-tailed Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 112 12313 20652
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Bob Anderson, Eli Gross
Observers: Bob Anderson, Graham Scarbrough, Ned Brinkley, Thuy Tran
Weather:
Clear skies in the morning with building cloud cover during the afternoon.
Relatively cool day with temps in 50's. Winds from the NW early before
shifting to SW in the afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
Still relatively slow, but did get a small buteo push of Red-tails and
Red-shoulders which was encouraging. Also had 2 Golden Eagles which both
gave great views.
Non-raptor Observations:
Good morning flight. Surf Scoter (53), Black Scoter (59), Northern Gannet
(2), Common Loon (1), Killdeer (139), Red-breasted Nuthatch (6), American
Robin (2836), Dickcissel(1), Red-winged Blackbird (4463), Rusty Blackbird
(32), Purple Finch (2).
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Report submitted by Brian Taber (Taberzz@xxxxxxx)
Kiptopeke Hawkwatch information may be found at:
www.cvwo.org
