Kiptopeke State Park
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 2005
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 19 19
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 9 521 521
Bald Eagle 0 10 10
Northern Harrier 7 118 118
Sharp-shinned Hawk 34 406 406
Cooper's Hawk 2 111 111
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 72 72
Red-tailed Hawk 0 14 14
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 102 1353 1353
Merlin 1 96 96
Peregrine Falcon 1 18 18
Unknown 0 12 12
Total: 156 2751 2751
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Observation start time: 05:00:00
Observation end time: 11:30:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Sam Stuart
Observers:
Visitors:
Duane Schilling, Bill and Peaches
Weather:
Windy, pre-hurricane gusts, very strange cloud cover
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
The State Park where our count is conducted closed for Hurricane Ophelia
forcing us to end the watch at noon. Very dissapointing.
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Report submitted by Zachary N. Smith (zsgavilan@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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