Kiptopeke State Park
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2006
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 9 9
Osprey 21 989 1982
Bald Eagle 1 27 88
Northern Harrier 14 210 333
Sharp-shinned Hawk 691 4656 5976
Cooper's Hawk 283 1072 1343
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 3
Broad-winged Hawk 118 503 692
Red-tailed Hawk 7 28 47
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 170 1680 2833
Merlin 12 591 918
Peregrine Falcon 17 219 537
Unknown 32 45 97
Total: 1366 10031 14858
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 10.5 hours
Official Counter: Scott McConnell
Observers: Hal Wierenga, Harry Armistead, Lynn Davidson,
Scott McConnell
Visitors:
Cindy and Buck Keller; Bill Williams and the elder hostel group; sundry
others. Thanks to Lynn Davidson and Hal Wierenga for all their help and
enthusiasm the last couple of weeks.
Weather:
Light NE winds and not a cloud all day.
Raptor Observations:
Another nice sharpie flight; birds tough to spot in the blue, blue skies.
High number of UI accips due partly to this and partly to some being
spotted way out in a scope.
Non-raptor Observations:
Brown-headed nuthatches squeaking away; still bobolinks and chimney swifts
around; hundreds of myrtle warblers. 1451 blue jays and 653 flickers
southbound; both undercounted due to hawk flight duties.
Predictions:
Increasing clouds, chance of rain.
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Report submitted by Scott McConnell (scitchyrooroo@xxxxxxxxx)
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