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[va-bird] HSR: Kiptopeke State Park (02 Nov 2005) 289 Raptors
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- Date: 03 Nov 2005 05:11:12 -0400
Kiptopeke State Park
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 02, 2005
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 8 14 561
Turkey Vulture 152 152 1223
Osprey 2 3 2720
Bald Eagle 12 16 334
Northern Harrier 10 22 595
Sharp-shinned Hawk 43 101 5755
Cooper's Hawk 19 31 2084
Northern Goshawk 0 0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 59
Broad-winged Hawk 1 1 962
Red-tailed Hawk 25 27 405
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 3
American Kestrel 15 26 5342
Merlin 0 0 1505
Peregrine Falcon 1 1 707
Unknown 0 0 63
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2
Total: 289 395 22322
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 9.5 hours
Official Counter: Sam Stuart
Observers:
Weather:
begining of day cloudy with gust of wind from Northeast and Northwest.
Wind conditions continuing into afternoon. Clouds departed by 1230
producing a total Blue Bird sky.
Raptor Observations:
Not a lot moving, many more birds seen traveling back north than actually
going south. On an infrequent occasion when hawks were spotted they were
invariably found at astronomical hights or just zipping through the trees
hunting.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Zachary N. Smith (zsgavilan@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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